The 2012 summer season of Community Development Re-creation (CD-REC) programs and activities kicked off with a three-hour free celebration of music, food and fun for hundreds of people at Ruggles Park on June 23rd. Activities included a rock climbing wall, arts and crafts, games & prizes, face painting, and carnival games. A number of agencies, including Seven Hills Behavioral Health, BMC Health Net Plan, SSTAR's Project Assist and HealthFirst Family Care Center, offered children a variety of activities as well as information about their services. Pizza and refreshments were provided by Seth Hockert-lotz of Domino's Pizza South Main Street. The event helps people learn about the summer Lunch and Park program and other summer offerings through CD-REC. This year's event also included an opportunity to sign up for the Soda-free Summer Pledge Campaign offered by Healthy City Fall River. Click here for a short video of the event. Click here to see pictures from last year's event. For more information about any of their summer programs, contact CD-REC at 508-679-0922.
 

(Top row, left and right) Staff from Carabiner's in New Bedford assist children with scaling the climbing wall, including eight-and-a-half-year-old Austin Campbell who stuck with it until he reached the top. (Top row, center) Coach Kim of Wiggle Kids leads a group in a Drums Alive exercise. (Middle row, left) CD-REC executive director Grace Gerling hands out free bags of fresh-popped popcorn as Re-Creation board memberTom Yentz and volunteer Ashley Tillman look on. (Middle row, right) Eight-year-old Jaidon Leroux tosses a basketball toward the hoop along with his friends. (Bottom row, left) Seven Hills Behavioral Health Marketing Liaison Dawn Nardi hands out a free frisbee to Cheryl Ferreira. (Bottom row, center) The BMC Health Net Plan sun talks to several youngsters and their grandmother. (Bottom row, right) Grace Cabral and her eleven-year-old daughter, Serenity, pick up a free slice of cheese pizza from Seth Hockert-lotz of Domino's Pizza.