Youth Services Department staff of the of the Fall River Housing Authority helped to organize the first of several summer clean-up projects at the Bennie Costa Housing Development on Amity Street in the city's South End on July 10, 2008. The event involved residents and Housing Authority staff who worked to clean up areas that needed special attention. Following two hours of work, everyone enjoyed a cook-out prepared and served by Housing Authority administrative staff. To see other activities that have taken place in the housing developments, click here, here, 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) Jose Rodriguez and Jonathan Gonzalez follow Lizandra Rodriguez as they bring their tools to  clean the parking lot. (Top row, center) Youth Services Department staff Jeannie Serrano, Morgan Weeks and Jennifer Oliveira in the front row and Joey DaSilva, Jeff Nelson, Lori Ras, Fall River Police Department Housing Unit Officer Mike Mallet, and German Pereira pose for a group photo. (Top row, right) Jeff and German gather grocery carriages to return them to the nearby shopping center. (Middle row, left) Jose Rodriguez, Michael Rivera and Jonathan Gonzalez clean up around the dumpster. (Middle row, right) Jaliyah and Jay Hall rake the grass. (Bottom row, left) Housing Authority Management Director John Picard serves Y Chhim a hot dog at the post-clean-up cookout. (Bottom row, center) Beth Santiago, Sallyneth Arzola, Jayla Hall, Lizandra Rodriguez, Rickey Meach and Jaiyah Hall pose for a photo after the clean-up. (Bottom row, right) Housing Authority Director of Field Operations James Comer oversees the lunch service.