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Diabetes
Association opened the doors of its new offices at 170 Pleasant Street
on September 29, 2004, Diabetes Awareness Day in Fall River. The new
facility will permit the Association to offer new resources to help people
manage and prevent type II diabetes. New services will include free
strength training classes and more educational programs throughout the
year, such as workshops, speakers and a lending library. The Association
also offers home visits, diabetic meter teaching, case management, support
groups and many education programs for children, adults and elders, such
as the annual Get Moving exercise program. Each summer, it also runs Camp
Kyle at the Fall River Rod and Gun Club in Westport for children with
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(Top row) Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr., welcomes the assembled guests to the event. Katherine Tibbins demonstrates new fitness equipment for a new strength training class purchased with a Healthy City micro-grant. (Middle row) Diabetes Association Executive Director Julianne Kelly greets Bristol Elder Services Director Nancy Munson while Family Program Director Bill DaPonte kids with Board Member Catherine Bonner, R.N., and Adult Program Director Lee Vasconcelos-Dolan. (Bottom row) Mayor Lambert congratulates Julianne Kelly and Association President David L. Cohen and cuts the ribbon prior to Leon St. Germain of Leon's Performance Engines presenting a check for $5,500 from a motorcycle run held in memory of Jack Rua.
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