Frosty Festival
The Frosty Festival was a wonderful success! Enjoy these glimpses of the joy and jingle of the Healthy Starts Frosty Festival, thanks to the Keene Kiwanis Clubs, Santa and Mrs. Claus and many generous and thoughtful elves.
2022 Ride for Resilience video – thank you!
Now an annual event connecting Family Resource Centers across the Granite State, NHCT’s Ride for Resilience highlights family strength and the many ways New Hampshire's network of support helps build individual, family, and community resiliency! On Oct. 21 four riders hopped on their bicycles and pedaled 100 miles across [...]
Climate Corner, December 2022
Hi Everyone. Welcome to my Climate Corner. My name is Rachel Kowalsky, and I am a social Worker with Healthy Starts. I’ve spent over a decade hiking, backpacking, and exploring the forests and trails of New Hampshire, New England, and beyond. I’ve seen the effects of climate change [...]
Ride for Resilience
Ride for Resilience In partnership with NH’s network of Family Resources Centers, The New Hampshire Children’s Trust’s 2nd Annual 100-mile, charity Ride for Resilience is set for launch Oct. 14, 2022! Healthy Starts Program Manager Penny Vaine and her cycling companion, Rainna Baker, and other hearty riders will be cycling from [...]
Family Joy
Healthy Starts is celebrating FAMILY JOY as we work with you and the community to prevent child abuse and neglect!
Child Abuse Prevention: Prevention is Knowledge
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Throughout this month, Healthy Starts at HCS is talking about what prevention is. This time we're talking about how Prevention IS... KNOWLEDGE.
Child Abuse Prevention: Prevention is Mindfulness
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Throughout this month, Healthy Starts at HCS is talking about what prevention is. This time we're talking about how Prevention IS... MINDFULNESS.
Child Abuse Prevention: Prevention is Support
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Throughout this month, Healthy Starts at HCS is talking about what prevention is. This time we're talking about how Prevention IS... SUPPORT.
Child Abuse Prevention: Prevention is Connection
When we feel supported, when we feel accountable, when we feel known – that is when we can feel grounded and better able to face struggles of daily life. Being a caregiver to a child comes with challenges you may never have imagined. Being connected to others is so important to us all – but especially caregivers!
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Throughout the month of April, we want to encourage and challenge caregivers to think about ways to prevent child abuse, and how to be the healthiest they can be in order to help prevent child abuse. Our focus this month will be on what Prevention Is!