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Members
of the Father Kelly Neighborhood Association
and the Scholarship City Softball League (SCSL) held a Family Fun Day at Father
Kelley
Park in the City's South End on October 16, 2011. The event was
rescheduled from an earlier date due to heavy rain. Father Kelly
Neighborhood Association president Rosemary Lapointe and her husband,
Dave, did a lot of the work to organize the gathering along
with SCSL President
Jack Hackett his wife Natalie and board members Bob Hackett, Tim Lima and
Paul Raposa. Activities included a
bean bag toss, spoon and water relay races, and a frisbee toss. Staff from
the Swansea Home Depot brought their popular Kids Workshop to set up, and
Kool Smiles offered information on their dental programs for children.
Both Massachusetts State
Representative Kevin Aguiar and Representative
Paul Schmid were on hand as the group finished setting up.
For more information about
the Neighborhood Association, please contact president Rosemary
Lapointe. |
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(Top row, left) Father Kelly Neighborhood Association president Rosemary Lapointe looks over prizes with Joey DaSilva before the event begins. (Top row, center) Dave Lapointe greets State Representative Paul Schmid. (Top row, right) Carlos Vasconcelos and Bruce Alderson set up the popular Home Depot Kids Workshop. (Middle row) DJ Joseph DaSilva of X-Static Sounds revs up the music while Wendy Garf-Lipp of United Neighbors of Fall River paints seven-year-old Hayden Thomas' face with a Halloween design. (Bottom row) James Robinson watches Tyson Archibald toss bean bags into a hula-hoop. (Bottom row, center) Ten-year-old Mollee Dewsnap passes a spoon with a small pumpkin to fourteen-year-old Adam Torres as they compete to carry it across the finish line. (Bottom row, right) Jack Hackett advises Tyson Archibald on the next contest while James Robinson receives a ribbon for the previous event. |