The Fall River Housing Authority held its seventh annual health and human services fair for the residents of the Sunset Hill housing development on July 31, 2012. Representatives of local health and human service organizations, including BOLD. CFC Early Head Start, Partners for a Healthier Community and South Bay Mental Health were on hand to display information, hand out literature and answer questions for residents of the development. In addition to the table displays, the Southcoast Hospital health van was also open in the parking lot nearby to provide free health screenings. This activity is one example of the many events organized by the Housing Authority to build community and promote health among over 20,000 residents of public housing in Fall River. Click here to see pictures of last year's event and here for pictures of a similar event at the Father Diaferiao development. To see pictures of other activities that take place in the housing developments, click here, here and here. Click here for a three-minute video of the event. For more information about this and other activities in the Housing Authority developments, contact Youth Coordinator Joseph DaSilva at 508-675-3527.

(Top row, left and center) Students Together Empowering Peers (STEP), part of the B.O.L.D. (Building Our Lives Drug-free) Coalition operates a table manned by Jason Fournier and Advisor Mario DoRego. (Top row, right) Sixteen-year-old Joseph Nunes and thirteen-year-old Kevin Morales talk with with Partners school wellness coordinator Marcia Picard who shares information from the Soda-free Summer Campaign. (Middle row) Joanne Deschenes and Nancy Moranda talk with fire safety representatives and Erica Figueroa and Elizabeth Wilkinson from CFC Early Head Start and Amanda Lee and Sheby Englund of South Bay Mental Health. (Bottom row, left) Maria Chaiz and Neysha Febre look over information about the Housing Authority while Michael Poirier, Yadriel Perez, Housing Authority Family and Youth Services Coordinator Joey DaSilva, and Vannara Chim pose for a group photo.