As part of a week-long celebration of Earth Day at Bristol Community college, children from the YMCA after-school daycare program participated in Children's Day activities that highlighted the environment. The daylong event on April 21, 2006, included a discussion of environmental concerns, nature walk, sidewalk chalking, a film-showing and a planetarium lesson. Children were challenged to think about their role in preserving the natural environment and ways that they could contribute to a healthier world. Click here to see the Herald News article. For further information, contact the Fall River Water Watch project at Bristol Community College or call Jon Keesacker at (508)-678-2811, ext. 2557 for voicemail. See their website at www.waterwatchonline.org.
 

(Top row, left) BCC Massachusetts Water Watch Coordinator Jon Keesecker talks with the children about ways they can help to make the environment healthier. (Top row, center) Children from the YMCA after-school program enjoy a heart-healthy game of flag-tag on the grounds of Bristol Community College. (Top row, right) Children embark on a nature walk that takes them along a nature walk through the woods at the north end of the campus. (Bottom row) Children enjoy the chance to express their ideas about a healthy environment through chalk drawings on the sidewalk outside the Commonwealth Center on campus.