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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Several hundred parents and
children gathered at the Boys and
Girls Club on Bedford Street to join in Fall River's first
Children's healthy Heart Festival on July 25, 2009. Hostess Michaela
Gagne organized the event to showcase over 50 quilts that
were displayed
by the Congenital Heart
Defect Awareness Quilt Project. The quilts are constructed of heart
blocks with each block dedicated to a child or adult affected by
congenital heart defects. The event featured dancing and a series of
physical challenges such as jump rope and hula hoops designed to get
children to be heart healthy. Messages about heart health were also
given by a variety of speakers throughout the four-hour event. A raffle
for kids included a iPod music player and Wii video game system as
prizes for children, and a raffle for parents included gift
certificates.
Click here for
the Herald News article about the event. For more information, contact
Michaela Gagne at
michaelajgagne@gmail.com. |
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(Top row, left) Ten-year-old Jaxon Tavares show his three-year-old brother, Joseph, how to bowl as Children In Balance project manager Marcia Picard looks on at her exhibit. (Top row, center) Former Miss Massachusetts Michaela Gagne joins Evan Hetzler in a dance as Miss Massachusetts Outstanding Teen Amanda Kelly, Miss Massachusetts Brianna Bostick, and Miss Bristol County Brett Bimmler dance behind him. (Top row, right) Three-year-old Wayne Chambers has fun with a balloon launched by City Councilor Steve Camara. (Middle row, left) Jason Springer oversees a hula-hoop competition as six-year-old Tanasha Davis practices. (Middle row, right) Three-year-old Mychelle Odam jumps a rope held by Jason Springer and Tennille Davis. (Bottom row, left) Six-year-old Madla Walsh jumps on her own with one of the many jump ropes available at the event. (Bottom row, center) Gabrielle Schoeffield, President of the CHD awareness Quilt Project joins Michaela as they present Clayton Walker of St. Vincent's Home with a new defibulator. (Bottom row, right) Ten-year-old R.J. Correia joins nineteen-year-old Amy Deslauriers for some line dancing with dancer Keith Silva of Dance Studio dancing to the tunes of M. C. Music Productions. |
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