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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants aimed at promoting health and wellness in some of Massachusetts’ most at-risk communities by creating jobs for low-income teens that promote increased physical activity. Through the office’s
Project YES
Initiative, the grants were awarded to active youth programs for the purpose of battling both high teen unemployment rates and the physical inactivity that is a major factor in rising youth obesity and other chronic illnesses.
The grants were awarded to programs that work with at-risk youth and that encourage physical activity, teach nutrition and healthy diet, and help to develop professional skills and work ethic.
In Fall River, eleven youth workers are
employed by CD- REC in programs related
to fitness, health and wellness in after-school programs at the Spencer
Borden and Tansey
Elementary schools. For more information, contact CD-REC
Executive Director Grace Gerling at 508-679-0922. |
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(Top row, left) YES
Youth Worker and Diman student
Daphne Reyes watches as Spencer Borden third-grader Mollee jumps
rope. |
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