Healthy Acadia’s Downeast Partnerships for Success initiative is excited to encourage more families to take the DownEast Healthy Family Pledge. This awareness campaign is aimed at providing families with an opportunity to recommit to intentional time spent with the ones they love. 

Spending time with loved ones helps us to feel connected. Quality time spent together helps to nurture creativity, improve self-esteem, promote self-expression, and support overall well-being. 

Make a commitment to take time with the ones you love most. Together with your family, take The DownEast Healthy Family Pledge. Make a conscious effort to enjoy family meals together, participate in outdoor activities, hold family game and craft nights, and cut down on family screen time. Everyone who signs the pledge now through May 2024 will have a chance to win some awesome prizes aimed at encouraging family time. You could win a toboggan, basketball, board game, and much more.   

Visit https://www.healthyacadia.org/family-pledge complete and submit your Family Pledge form. While you’re there, print a copy of their Family Time Activity Tracker. Post it on your fridge and use it to set weekly goals with your family and track your progress. It will also be a great reminder of the commitment you’ve made to making time for each other.

For questions and to share your favorite family time photos, adventures, and activities that you want to recommend for others, please email Sara McConnell at Sara@HealthyAcadia.org.  You can also share your photos by tagging Healthy Acadia on your Facebook [@healthyacadia] and Instagram [@healthyacadiame] posts. Use the hashtag #DownEastFamilyPledge. 

Healthy Acadia is a 501(C)(3) community health organization building vibrant communities and making it easier for all people to lead healthy lives throughout Washington and Hancock counties and across Maine. For more information visit www.HealthyAcadia.org.  

This project is supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under Partnerships for Success Grant # 1H79SP081695. Learn more by visiting www.samhsa.gov or by calling 877-SAMHSA-7.