Contest for Communities
List of Previous Winners

2005 Winners

Adult Category:  Maine Senior Women's Basketball Team
Youth - School Category:  "Walking Wednesday Program,"  Houlton Southside School
Youth - Community Category:  10th Mountain Ski Club
Special Populations Category:  Greater Waterville Area Boys & Girls Club and YMCA
Healthy Workplace Category (small employer):  Harriman Associates, Auburn
Healthy Workplace Category (medium employer):  National Semiconductor
Community Category:  STRIDES "Walk Around the World Program," Healthy Community Coalition Wilton
Lifetime Achievement:  Joan Benoit Samuelson

Adult Category winner -- Maine Senior Women's Basketball Team, South Portland.

2004 Winners

Adult Category:  Seacoast Management, Topsham
Youth - School Category:  Maine Winter Sports Center Healthy Hometowns Ski Program, Windham
Youth - Community Category:  Somerset Sports & Fitness Conditioning Programs, Skowhegan
Special Populations Category:  WIC-Tivities, Biddeford
Healthy Workplace Category (small employer):  Bowdoin College Dining Services, Brunswick
Healthy Workplace Category (medium employer):  Wellness Team & Community Health Promotion, Bridgton Hospital
Healthy Workplace Category (large employer):  Central Maine Medical Center, Health and Wellness Services
Community Category:  Health-Link, The Wellness Center of Maine Coast Memorial Hospital

Special Populations Category winner - WIC-Tivities, Biddeford

2003 Winners

Adult Category:  "Community Wellness Program," Waldo County General Hospital, Belfast
Youth Category (tied):  "Williams-Cone's Fit for Life Program," Williams-Cone Elementary School, Topsham; "None Time Walking Program," Hichborn Middle School, Howland; and "Teamwalk 2003," D.W. Merritt School, Addison
Special Populations Category:  Cancer Community Center, South Portland
Healthy Workplace Category:  "Walk Around the World," Lincoln Academy, Newcastle (small employer); Mathews Brothers Company Health, Education and Wellness Program, Belfast (medium employer); and Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield Maine Health Improvement Power Team, South Portland (large employer)
Community Category:  "Move More," Greater Waterville PATCH's Physical Activity & Healthy Weight Workgroup, Waterville
Lifetime Achievement:  Special Olympics Maine, South Portland

Shannon Moore and Suzanne Famalore accepting the award for Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield Maine Health Improvement Power Team, South Portland (Healthy Workplace Category).

2002 Winners

Adult Category:  Get Strong ... Get Healthy, Health Education Center, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital
Youth Category:  "Rec. Rookies," Brewer Parks and Recreation Department
Special Populations Category:  Physically Challenged Club, Dover-Foxcroft
Healthy Workplace Category:  Tom's of Maine Wellness Center, Kennebunk
Community Category (tied):  Somerset Sports and Fitness, Skowhegan, and Sisters of Charity Health System, Lewiston

Kelly Coughlin accepting the award for Somerset Sports and Fitness (Community Category)

2001 Winners

Youth Program:  Physical Education Leadership Course, Windham High School
Special Populations:  Pulmonary Exercise & Education, USM Lifeline Center
Senior Program:  Senior Fitness, USM Lifeline Center
Adult Program:  Walk to Hawaii, Lincoln Academy, Newcastle
Community Program:  (tie) Wellness, Inc., Rumford Community Hospital and Health Education Center, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital
Individual:  Deb Smith, South Portland Parks & Recreation

Youth Category Winners:  Participants of the Physical Education Leadership Course at Windham High School.

2000 Winners

Youth Program:  (tie) The South Bristol "Spindrifters" coordinated by Liz Giles-Brown, South Bristol School, and The Gym Dandies Children's Circus coordinated by Jon Cahill, Wentworth Intermediate School Scarborough
Special Populations:  (tie) Community Health and Counseling (CHCS) - Bangor and Windham Schools/St. Joseph's College Partnership
Senior Program:  Osteoporosis Health Network - 1st Annual Bone Density Dash, South Portland
Adult Program:  Portland Public Health - March into May Greater Portland
Community Program:  (tie) Wellness, Inc. - Rumford Community Hospital and Health & Fitness with Skiing, Stockholm Elementary School
Business Program:  Fit for Fall - Hannaford Wellness Program, Community Wellness Service, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor
Individual:  (tie)  Seung Choi, Choi School of Self Defense and Abe Furth and Rahvi Barnum, Pedaling to Prevent Violence

1999 Winners

Youth Program:  Homeless Youth Clinic coordinated by Scott Stoll, RN, Portland
Special Populations:  Maine Handicapped Skiing, Newry
Senior Program:  Eldercise, Portland
Adult Program:  Primary Cardiovascular Prevention Program coordinated by Lt. James Willis, Hancock County Sheriff's Department, Ellsworth
Community Program:  (tie)  Move and Improve, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, and Field of Dreams, Bert G. & Coral B. Clifford Charitable Foundation, Unity
Business Program:  Employee Fitness Program, Mead Paper Division, Rumford

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