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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Partners for a Healthier
Community hosted a reception to announce the recent award of a
national Roadmaps to Health Prize Award from the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (RWJF), one
of six national Prize Awards. A six-member team including MDPH
Health Systems Manager Michael Coughlin, United
Neighbors Executive Director Wendy Garf-Lipp, Fall River Mass
In Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly, Partners School
Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard, Greater
Fall River Re-Creation Program Director Jamison Souza, and Healthy
City Fall River Coordinator David Weed traveled to Princeton, NJ to
accept the award on behalf of the City. They were joined by Nadia
Chamblin-Foster, Regional Community Benefits Director, and James Corbett,
System Vice President of Community Health & Ethics of Steward
Health Care. Mayor William
Flanagan was presented with an award plaque and a flag and praised
Partners for
its efforts to improve health over the past five years. Click
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(Top row) Annemarie Sharkey and Brittany Bertone finish preparations for the reception in the Government Center atrium while a reporter from the New Bedford Standard-Times interview Michael Coughlin. (Row two) Wendy Garf-Lipp talks with Brad Dean of Urban Acres Farm, Julie Kelly welcomes Gail Rodrigues and Brian Pearson as Kerry Mello looks on, and Dr. Weed chats with Marcia Picard and Wendy prior to the presentation. (Row three) Mayor Flanagan confers with Mike Coughlin before Jamison Souza welcomes the audience to the program. (Row four) Mayor Flanagan and Health and Human Services Director Dr. Henry Vaillancourt praise the collaborative work that goes on across the City to improve health before unveiling the award plaque with Seila Carreiro, Kevin Vaillancourt,Jordan Nim and Monica Bouchard. (Row five) Michael Coughlin, Marcia Picard and Wendy Garf-Lipp thank the hundreds of people who helped the City earn this distinction through their remarks and a poem. (Bottom row) Dr. Weed introduces the staff members of Parters including Annemarie Sharkey, Marcia Picard, Brittany Bertone and Angela Bras before inviting youth from TADA into the hearing room to watch some of the videos produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. |
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