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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Coastal Health Communities Coalition selected for Governor's Council on Physical Activity award

The Maine Governor's Council on Physical Activity selected Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition (CHCC) as a winner of a Contest for Communities Award for the coalition's "Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days" Program.

The CHCC is a program of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The "Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days" Program is in it‚Äôs eighth year and runs annually from late spring to early fall.  It is a free community, school and worksite-based walking program aimed at increasing peoples level of physical activity and helping to support those who are already active. 

Last year, more than 200 community members and businesses registered for the program.  This self-paced program runs this year from June 9 through September 18.  All participants receive weekly health or motivational tips, and upon completion of the program receive an incentive prize.

Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition is a Healthy Maine Partnership site funded to do community-based chronic disease and substance abuse prevention work. They serve the communities of Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Dayton, Buxton and Hollis. CHCC is funded in part through the Fund for Healthy Maine, Maine’s share of the tobacco settlement dollars, through a grant from the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

About the University of New England

The University of New England 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 flexible, accredited online degrees. 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.