Staff of the of the Fall River Housing Authority organized a health and human services fair for the residents of the Sunset Hill Housing Development on Bay Street in the city's south end on July 11, 2007. Representatives of over twenty organizations were on hand to display information, hand out literature and answer questions for residents of the 355-unit development. In addition to the indoor displays, the Southcoast Hospital health van was also open in the parking lot nearby to provide free health screenings. This activity is one example of the many events organized by the Housing Authority to build community and promote health among over 20,000 residents of public housing in Fall River. To see other activities that take place in the housing developments, click here and here. For more information about this and other activities in the Housing Authority developments, contact Youth Coordinator Joseph DaSilva at 508-675-3527.
 

(Top row, left) Sipho Pao talks with Mary Couitt of the Southeast Massachusetts Visiting Nurse Association. (Top row, center) Cousins Anita Hoeung and Katrina look over the Head Start display. (Top row, right) Fall River Housing Authority Executive Director Thomas Collins talks with Voting Registrar Maureen Glisson while Fall River Community Police Officer Brett Kimball looks on. (Middle row, left) Francis Verville talks with Erin Sullivan and Jesenia Navedo of the S.M.I.L.E.S. mentoring program. (Middle row, center) Fall River Housing Authority staff Rita Labeau, Theresa Quental, Joseph Silvia and Marin Vatt organized the event. (Middle row, right) Sunset Hill resident Susan Cabral talks with Dianne Gouvea of the Fall River Public Schools. (Bottom row, left) Community Development Recreation staffer Khevana Pacel answers some of Marin Vatt's questions about their recreational offerings. (Bottom row, center) Fifteen-month-old Kyre Blackburn looks at the displays while his mother Carol examines some of the literature she picked up. (Bottom row, right) Dawn Nardi of Kool Smiles Dental Care talks with Arlice Daveiga of the United Neighbors program.