Health Promotion Programs

This program offers free recreation activities to all students of DAHES, addressing the issues of fitness and childhood obesity. We have not been able to find a new coordinator for this program due to Covid, we are hopeful we will be able to start the program again

 A joint project of DAHES (Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School) and the HSCHC, the Breakfast Program supplies a free nutritious breakfast every school morning to an average of 65 students. The Breakfast Program Facilitator, Nick Gilbert, oversees the program daily. Funding is from Breakfast for Learning, AVRCE Healthy School Community, the Windsor Rotary Clubs Food for Thought Program and community donations. 

  The garden was started in 2007 along with the Healthy lunch program. The students at Dr. Arthur Hines School would plant the garden in the spring and with the help of summer students, teachers, students and their parents, there will be a beautiful vibrant garden for the students to enjoy as taste testing or in the meals prepared for the healthy lunch program  

  The Healthy Lunch program at Dr. Arthur Hines School has changed to a pay as you can approach and is fully funded and run by the Province of Nova Scotia. Each lunch will cost $6.50, parents can decide to pay the full amount, partial amount or nothing at all. Parents are required to order and pay online. We will receive a list of those who have ordered every two weeks, we will have no idea how much was paid for each lunch. 

The purpose of this program is to offer youth ages 12 – 18 in our area; (Centre Burlington to Tennecape) learning for life skills. We will offer different activities that would give the youth skills that will help them in their jobs, education choices, day to day lives and just a simple knowledge of things that are relevant as they get older and leave their childhood homes.  

The Seniors program started in 2010 at the Centre Burlington Hall. This program continues to this day from September to December and April to June. This program runs every Wednesday every other week. Each Seniors program offers a variety of activities, including information sessions, arts and crafts and many presentations. We also offer a short exercise program, live music and lots of time for coffee and socializations. A healthy home cooked meal is offered each week. The cost for this program is $10. On average we have 30 seniors attending each session with over 40 for special occasions. When this program started it was originally for seniors in our catchment area, but it has grown to many seniors who live in other communities in West Hants

Yoga and Strengthening is an evening program being offered every Monday evening at Summerville Fire Hall

This program runs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 – 11:30am in the basement of the Health Centre. Open to preschool aged children 205 to 5 years of age. The children enjoy lots of fun, games, exploring, movements, crafts and reading. Tracey Kettley is the facilitator for this program.

This program is offered every day after school, we also offer a half day child care program when school is let out early due to school in-service. The program does not run during school cancellations or full day in-service days. This program runs till 6pm.  Facilitator is Suzanne Carlsen Skunca

This program runs once in a while in the summer. This program is very similar to the drop in except it is a free will offering.

This was a program made available by a grant from WHUCHB to offer a healthy cooking class for 10 weeks. We have also started a frozen turkey dinner program every Christmas to give to residents in our community. They are delivered by local volunteers.