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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The
Massachusetts Children's Trust
Fund teams up with local human service agency personnel in Fall
River to organize a Family Fun Day. This year's event took place at the
Boys & Girls
Club on April 29, 2006, and included representatives from over a
dozen local programs that serve children in the city. The highlight of
the day was the opportunity for youngsters to try their hand at milking
a real cow brought to the Bedford Street location just for the occasion.
The Children's Trust Fund works to strengthen families and
prevent child abuse and neglect throughout the Commonwealth. Fall
River has been active in helping to reduce the number of incidents
reported to the
Department of Social Services by providing assistance to parents
through a variety of programs including a
Parents Helping Parents
program, the Healthy
Families Collaborative, the Family Service Association's Big
Friends
Little Friends program, United Families and the
WIC (Women, Infants, Children) Nutrition Program. |
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(Top row, left)
Sherry Medeiros, Nancy Dimock and Debra Simansky offer information about
Parents Helping Parents, a self-help support group for parents that is
free and confidential. (Top row, center) Lauren Blackmon displays a
plant holder that she decorated at the Healthy Families table.
Beverly Souza,RN,
Director of the Early Intervention Partnership Program, which provides
home visiting services to at risk mothers, stands behind her. Early
Intervention is one of three programs run by People, Inc. which also
operates the Greater Fall River Early Intervention Program.
(Top row,
right) Joanne Camara watches Melissa Gendreau of the WIC program
demonstrate proper tooth brushing techniques on a stuffed toy animal.
(Middle row, left) Ramona Turcotte of the Family Service Association Big
Friends Little Friends program demonstrates bead craft. (Middle row,
right, from left) Mayor Edward M. Lambert Jr. greets Saksen Stevens of
the Childrens Trust Fund, Donalda Silva organizer of the Fall River
Families Together event, and State Representative Michael Rodrigues.
(Bottom row, left) Jenny Rulison of United Families offers copies of
a Summer Recreation guide to some of the event participants. (Bottom
row, center and right) Fascinated boys try their hand at milking a cow
for the first time outside the Boys & Girls Club location on Bedford
Street. |
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