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At Horizon, we collaborate with our community partners to deliver innovative and accessible health care programs and services, in your community. The stories we share celebrate these partnerships, acknowledge impressive work and ensure you know how to access community-based care that helps you be healthy and stay well.
This week, Robin Kirkpatrick, clinical lead at Horizon’s St. Joseph’s Community Health Centre, talks about the virtual, educational support sessions through their Hope Series.
Virtual sessions offer hope, resiliency and support through COVID-19
Community Stories (6 stories found)
Living through COVID-19 – Virtual sessions offer hope, resiliency and support
Oct. 31, 2020 Staff at Horizon’s St. Joseph’s Community Health Centre (SJCHC), located in uptown Saint John, have embraced the adversity of living through a pandemic and responded by offering virtual, supportive, educational sessions through their Hope Se…
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Literacy programs ensure children are put on the road to success
October 24, 2020 Reading to a child, from the moment they’re born leads to success in school, and it’s a fun and engaging activity for both parents and children. Kelly Harrell, a Horizon Public Health nurse in St. Stephen with the Healthy Families, Health…
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Lending Kitchen Essentials: Neqotkuk First Nation’s innovative approach
October 9, 2020 By Katherine Houser, Horizon Community Developer for the Upper River Valley area from Nackawic to Beechwood. Food has the power to bring people together. Enjoying a nutritious meal with family and friends can leave you feeling good mentall…
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Charlotte County Collaborative Wellness Centre brings services closer to home
October 2, 2020 Keeping people off the highways by bringing health care to the community is the basis for introducing a hub and spoke model of care through Horizon’s Charlotte County Collaborative Wellness Centre (CCCWC). Christine Deveau, Community Healt…
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Minto promotes activity and creativity with paint a rock program
September 25, 2020 – A partnership between Horizon’s Queens North Community Health Centre (QNCHC) and the Minto Public Library has facilitated a paint a rock, plant a rock program that enriches whole-person literacy. The concept of paint a rock, plant a r…
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Wellness Café keeps newcomers connected
September 18, 2020 By Dominique Daigle, community developer in the Greater Saint John Area A lot of effort has been invested at all levels of government to attract more newcomers to our province – to help grow New Brunswick’s population and economy. Accor…
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