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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Over 100
students from
the Spencer Borden Elementary School on President Avenue
are attending a weekly after school Boot Camp activity as part of the
Healthy Kids Klub that operates throughout the year. Volunteer parent
Heather Borges and a dozen or so parents supervise the children for an
hour each week. The session begins with ten minutes of running and walking
around the gym to get them warmed up. "I really don't have to
encourage them," notes Borges. "They just take off on their own.
They have an amazing amount of energy, and you can tell they're really
enjoying it," she adds. The children then divide into smaller groups
for basketball, hula hoop, jumping rope, and a variety of challenges. The
program helps to keep children active and away from more passive pursuits
like television and electronic games. The parents also run a half-mile
walking group three mornings a week to encourage exercise in the morning. Click
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(Top row) Students get a ten-minute workout at the beginning of the session with a walk or run around the gym. (Middle row, left) Healthy Kids Klub organizer Heather Borges and Heather Areias line up a group for the first activity. (Middle row, center) Parent volunteer Lout Pimental gathers another group for basketball. (Middle row, right) Parent volunteer Nikki Pimental comforts one of the children. (Bottom row) Students gather for hula hoops and rope jumping, accompanied by parent volunteers. |