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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Over 200 parents, children and providers joined Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard at the Spencer Borden Elementary School in Fall River for a Family Fun Night on November 20, 2013. This program engages students and their parents in some healthy fun while learning about
nutrition and a range of community resources that they
can access to maintain or improve their health. Participants
were offered a nutrition education role-play by Southcoast
Hospitals Dietitian Amanda Raposo and Cardiovascular Nurse Donna Querim, a fun workout with Suzanne Ramos, as well as the chance to speak with representatives
of over twenty agencies including the AT&T Mobility Store, BMC HealthNet Plan, BOLD Coalition, Early Childhood/Family Community Engagement, Greater
Fall River Re-Creation, Child
and Family Services, Family Service
Association, HealthFirst Dental Program, Katie Brown Educational Program, People Incorporated, Saint Anne's Hospital, Southcoast
Hospitals, Spencer Borden PTO, Time Exchange, United Healthcare, United
Neighbors, WIC and Partners
for a Healthier Community covering its Soda-Free Challenge. Click here for
an 11-minute  video of the
event. For more information, contact School Wellness Coordinator Marcia
Picard at 774-319-0107 (Top center photo courtesy of Phillip York) |
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(Top row) Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomes participants to the event at the Spencer Borden School and assigns them to one of three groups incluing fun exercise in the gym, a cooking and nutrition demonstration in the community room, and over 20 resources tables in the cafeteria. (Row two) Suzanne Ramos, left, leads groups in some fun movement to music in the gym. (Row three) Southcoast Hospital Cardiovascular Nurse Donna Querim talks about how poor dietary choices can affect blood pressure while Life Together Fellow Phillip York talks about sugar-sweetened beverages and Lisa Alves and Betty Nunes of the HealthFirst Family Care Center talk with parents about the WIC Program and the importance of dental hygiene. (Row four) Southcoast Hospital Dietitian Amanda Raposo involves parents and children in learning about the components of a healthy diet. (Bottom row) As the audience watches, Vice-Principal Kate Cobb hands a bag of healthy grocery items to one of the raffle winners as Spencer Borden staff Pat Davis and Daniel Comeau call out the numbers at the end of the evening. |
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