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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Nearly
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
October 16, 2014. 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 session on nutrition by Chef Jessica
Williams, a fun workout with Suzanne Ramos and John Root, as well as the chance to speak with representatives
of over twenty agencies including BMC HealthNet Plan, Child
and Family Services, Citizens for
Citizens, MA Department of Children and Families, Early Childhood/Family Community Engagement,
Eastside
Chiropratic, Greater
Fall River Re-Creation, Katie Brown Educational Program,
Mass
in Motion Fall River, People Incorporated,
Road to Healing, Saint Anne's Hospital, Southcoast
Hospitals, Spencer Borden PTO, United
Neighbors, and Partners
for a Healthier Community covering its Soda-Free Challenge.
Click here for
an 24-minute  video of the
event. For more information, contact School Wellness Coordinator Marcia
Picard at 774-319-0107. |
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(Top row) Spencer Borden Elementary School Vice-Principal Taylor Brown welcomes families before Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard tells them what's in store for the evening. (Row two) Suzanne Ramos, right, guides participants through a work-out to music while Guilia Khoury talks about programs at Greater Fall River Re-Creation and Chef Jessica Williams of Creating Healthy Solutions begins a session on healthy eating. (Row three) Jessica explains that refined grains and sugars are responsible for weight gain. (Row four) John Root joins fellow Diman Regiional High School staff member Suzanne Ramos in leading some fun moves to music. (Row five, left and right) Representives of the Spencer-Borden PTO talks with family members while Gilles DeCotret and Kathy Campezato of Southcoast Hospital talk with Nancy Sherry and her son, Matthew. (Row five, center) Alison Arnold dances with her son, Kalib, and her daugher, Emily. (Bottom row) Partners Worksite Wellness Coordinator Angie Bras talks with Alan and Amanda Patnaude and their daughter, Kylee, about sugar-sweetened beverages before they win one of the door prize bags of groceries given to them by School Adjustment Counselor Pat Davis.. |
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