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The 21st Century Community Learning Center at the Doran Elementary School invited families to come to Greater Fall River Re-Creation at 72 Bank Street for a "Funderful Family Night" on June 19, 2013. Parents and children had a chance to join in a Zumba session provided by FitWorks, a Futsal (Brazilian indoor soccer) session, and a drumming session with Wiggle Kids leader Coach Kim Ferrara. Children were also invited to engage in arts and crafts, to watch a Judo demonstration, and to learn about dinosaurs. Parents were invited to talks with staff of a dozen organizations at resource table that included the AT & T Mobility Store, Family Service Association, Greater Fall River Re-Creation, HealthFirst Dental Program, Katie Brown Educational Program, Partners for a Healthier Community Soda-free Pledge, Saint Anne's Hospital,and Southcoast Hospitals' Cardiovascular Prevention Program . "We'd like to thank all the children and parents who came here tonight. It was a great night," stated 21st Century Site Coordinator Paul Moniz. Click here for a ten-minute video of the event. For more information, contact Paul Moniz at 508-491-4822.







(Top row) Tabitha Gendreau of FitWorks leads the children in a Zumba workout to music. (Row two, left) Candice Doyle talks with Donna Querim and Briana Vittorini of the Southcoast Hospitals' Cardiovascular Prevention Program . (Row two, right) Jessica Holyoke and her mother visit the HealthFirst Dental Program table. (Row three, left) George Pitter of AT & T Mobility talks with Jessica about their texting while driving prevention program. (Row three, center and right) Bill Sampaio of the 21st Century Futsal program teaches the children the basics of dribbling with a soccer ball. (Row four, left) Ellen Gillander watches as Avery Langiano and Zoe line up to spin the prize wheel. (Row four, center and right) Javier Velazquez is thrown by his wife, Marribel, during the Judo demonstration watched closely by the children. (Row five) Five-year-old Danillo Lagrande follows Wiggle Kids leader, Coach Kim Ferrara, as the group drums to music. (Bottom row, left) Mentee Dominick Manchester watches as his mentor, Antoine Ferreira, fills out a raffle ticket. (Bottom row, center) Danillo and Serenity Travassos listen to a presentation about dinosaurs. (Bottom row, right) Delia Wrightington and her daugheter, Jessica, hold a bag of groceries donated by Partners for a Healthier Community as the winner of one of the raffles.