Westbrook Wellness is a new program offered by Discover Downtown Westbrook (DDW), a local non-profit, and made possible by Community Health Options.
By partnering with Community Health Options, DDW can promote healthy lifestyle choices in four ways: convenient, accessible, outdoor fitness programming; healthy food options; an information campaign promoting health and wellness; and accountability.
Funding from Community Health Options will allow for DDW to pay fitness/dance instructors so that all events are free to the entire community. It will also allow staff to facilitate advertising and programming to promote health and wellness in Westbrook.
DDW is also partnering with Westbrook Schools to host healthy and free summer lunches for kids at Westbrook Common. These will be served every weekday during summer break from 12 to 1 PM starting on June 24th.
Westbrook Wellness provides a variety of accessible and free programming at Westbrook Common. The Common is conveniently located in the heart of downtown and easily accessible by bus, bike, car, and on foot. It is a placemaking initiative and a people-centered approach to creating spaces for the health and well-being of our community.
With over forty free wellness events, ranging from zumba to salsa, line dancing to guided bike rides, there is something for everyone! Events occur throughout the week making it possible to fit into anyone’s schedule.
The community is invited to participate in the punch card program. If you attend ten wellness events June through October, you will receive a prize! Simply pick up a punch card at the Discover Downtown Westbrook office, located at 816 Main Street, attend events, and get your card punched by DDW staff or event instructors. Return your card to the office when it is complete to collect your prize.
Westbrook Wellness culminates with our annual Discover Downtown Westbrook’s Run the River, 5k in October. Those who participated in the program and filled their punch card will receive free entry to the road race!
The DDW email newsletter provides the calendar of monthly wellness events and features healthy eating and movement tips. (Sign up in the footer)
All Westbrook Common events hosted by DDW are made possible by our partnership with Lighthouse Credit Union (formally Northeast Credit Union). Thank you for being our Founding Partner!
