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Welcome to help New England llc. We have been providing health services to businesses, community organizations and families in the Greater Boston Area for over 9 years. These services include Seminars, Workshops and Wellness Screenings at Health Fairs, through Incentive Programs and other recreational community events and CPR and First Aid classes at Home and Office.
Help New England llc is committed to providing quality education and service that enriches the health and well-being of the individual as well as the community. We have and will consistently exceed the standards of similar providers. Christene takes pride in handpicking every one of her educators and practitioners. This close group participates in training, updates and evaluations on an ongoing basis to ensure you have the best experience with the focus of health promotion, disease prevention and lowered healthcare costs.
HELP was founded in Honolulu, Hawaii in the Spring of 1998 in the spirit of aloha (love). The company relocated to the MetroWest area of Massachusetts in Winter '98 and became help! New England llc, in Spring 2005, moving its headquarters to Providence, RI.
HELP! began with a Woman, Four Half-Men and a Bag of Babies (CPR manikins). It has since grown to include four half-kids and a staff of health educators. Their passion is to help others save lives through CPR, First Aid and health education. help New England has combined Safety and Health Education for a variety of companies in the community to keep you safe and healthy.
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Christene Lee Gerardi, EdM, BLS/I
Founder and CEO
Christene pursued
her undergraduate studies at California State University at Chico and
worked as the Intern Coordinator for the Campus Wellness Center. In May
1995 she received her BS in Recreation Administration with an option in
Community and Commercial Recreation and as the Outstanding Senior
Graduate. Upon graduation she worked as the Wellness and Recreation
Coordinator at the Pacific Wellness Institute working with elementary
school-aged children, college students and employees. Relocating to
Honolulu, Hawaii in 1996, Christene worked with middle school children
in a recreational program as well as a health educator at St. Francis
Medical Center-West in Ewa Beach, HI. She taught prenatal, childbirth
and parenting classes to 100 at-risk teen parents and health and safety
education to over 1000 elementary students. It was there that she was
first certified to teach CPR and First aid. She hung her shingle as a
small business and was contracted with the hospital to continue to
teach the safety classes, certifying over 130 community members. In
1998, she relocated to Boston, MA, and has worked through her business
to include health education classes and Playwell birthday parties. She
teaches Pediatric CPR and First aid at Warmlines Parent Resources in
Newtonville and in the homes of families in the greater Boston area.
She was able to continue her love of working with children as a youth
gymnastics instructor and Assistant Coach for the Metrowest YMCA
Gymkats, their competitive gymnastics team. A passionate health
educator, Christene had the opportunity to teach health and provide
health screenings and seminars for two area companies, Health Promotion
Affiliates, based in Needham, MA as well as Tufts Health Plan in
Waltham.
She completed her
Ed.M. in Health Education from Boston University in January 2004. Christene is a part-time professor at Worcester State College in their Health Sciences department. In
addition to all of her current activities, Christene has begun her next
entrepreneural adventure of managing a staff of health educators
providing health promotion and health education to a larger audience.
Email her for more information. christene@helpnewengland.com
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Our Team
The help New England Team are handpicked educators and practitioners. They bring a high level of professionalism and experience to every service we offer. They also bring warm personalities, diverse interests and great passion for health promotion and disease prevention. You can request to work specifically with the following staff members:
Patricia, R.N.
Linn, MEd.
Joao, B.S.
Jean, R.N.
Sherita, MEd.
Lauren, CYT
Denise, CMT, is a massage therapist who chilled Christene out for the only 9 minutes of her wedding weekend.
More wordy bios soon to come!
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