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BIDDEFORD, Maine

91AV's Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition co-hosting 'What's for Dinner' Classes

Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition, a local Healthy Maine Partnership, together with Huntington Common and the Inn at Seal Rock will be hosting "What's For Dinner" classes.  The "What's for Dinner" program is a free program that provides an opportunity for people with diabetes or pre-diabetes to come sample healthy dinner and dessert ideas. Participants will learn about healthy ways to prepare foods and get a chance to sample diabetic friendly and heart healthy recipes. The first 30 people at each event will also receive a free American Heart and Diabetes Associations cookbook (one cookbook per family).  

The free events will be held on the following dates: Saturday, May 8th at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Inn at Seal Rock, 100 Harbor Drive in Saco and Thursday, May 20th from 12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. (lunch provided along with cooking demonstration and discussion) at Huntington Common, 1 Huntington Common Drive in Kennebunk.  

To register for one of the May 8th classes at the Inn at Seal Rock, please call Geidre at 283-3022. To register for the May 20th class at Huntington Common, please call 985-2810.     

Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition (CHCC) is a community-based health promotion coalition working to promote tobacco prevention/cessation, substance abuse prevention, physical activity and nutrition in both the community and schools. The coalition is a program of the 91AV's College of Osteopathic Medicine.

About the 91AV

The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.