Authored by Van Beckman, Let’s Go! York County
Let’s Go! York County recently held a gathering to celebrate the accomplishments of Let’s Go! sites in that region during the 2013-13 year – our first such event. This special dinner brought together many of our site “champions” from the past year to share each other’s stories, get to know one another, and of course to enjoy a delicious, healthy meal!
At the end of the event, which we held at Duffy’s Tavern in Kennebunk November 7, Let’s Go! founder and director Dr. Tory Rogers presented the site champions each with special certificate recognizing them for their hard work in the previous year.
“We are immensely proud of the work York County Let’s Go! sites have done, and what a fantastic opportunity to have so many accomplished folks from our area gather together to celebrate that work,” said Tory after the event. “It’s an exciting chance for them to meet and share their great stories with each other and with us, as well as to receive the recognition they so well deserve.”
All 20 sites with representation at the event are also current Let’s Go! sites for the 2013-14 year, and most of them were being recognized at the Bronze, Silver, or Gold level for their work in 2012-13. (For more info on Let’s Go!’s recognition program, click here.) The 2013 Let’s Go! sites of distinction in York County are:
After School
- Kid Connection, Lebanon – Silver
School
- The New School, Kennebunk – Bronze
- Gov. John Fairfield School, Saco – Bronze
- Jameson School, Old Orchard Beach – Bronze
- Kennebunk Elementary School – Silver
- Kennebunkport Consolidated School – Silver
- St. James School, Biddeford – Silver
Early Childhood
- YMCA of Southern Maine Child Care Center, Biddeford – Silver
- Biddeford 2 Head Start – Silver
- Biddeford 3 Head Start – Silver
- Sanford 2 Head Start – Silver
- Old Orchard Beach Head Start – Silver
- SunShine Childcare, Lyman – Silver
- Deer Pond Edu-Care, Hollis – Gold
- Sue’s Place Child Care Center, Arundel – Gold
- St. James Preschool & Child Development Center, Biddeford – Gold
Healthcare
- Waterboro Village Pediatrics
- SMMC PrimeCare Pediatrics, Biddeford
- SMMC PrimeCare Family Practice, Saco
- SMMC PrimeCare Pediatrics, Kennebunk
- SMMC PrimeCare Pediatrics, Saco
- SMMC PrimeCare Family Practice, Kennebunk
- Maine Medical Partners Pediatrics, Saco
(Let’s Go! York County is overseen by staff from Southern Maine Medical Center and Goodall Hospital’s Partners for Healthier Communities, a Healthy Maine Partnership.)