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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Nearly
100 parents and children joined Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard at the
Westport Elementary School
on May 20, 2014 for the first Partners' Family Fun Night
held in Westport. 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 session by Chef Jessica
Williams of Creating Healthy Solutions, a fun workout with Suzanne and Mike Ramos, as well as the chance to speak with representatives
of fifteen agencies including Child
and Family Services, Family Service Association, Greater
Fall River Re-Creation,
Katie Brown Education Program, People
Incorporated, Saint Anne's Hospital, Southcoast
Hospitals, Southcoast
Energy Challenge, Time Exchange, United
Neighbors, WIC,
Southcoast YMCA and Partners
for a Healthier Community covering its Soda-Free Challenge.
"It was a very successful
night," commented Interim Principal
Christine Staskiewicz,
Click here for
a 27-minute  video of the
event. For more information, contact School Wellness Coordinator Marcia
Picard at 774-319-0107. |
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(Top row) Westport Elementary Physical Education teacher Kim Mercier and Partners Intern Zainab Abbas sign in Kathryn Flanagan and her children, Riley and Lexie, before School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomes participants for the 90-minute event. (Row two) After giving instructions for the evening, Ms. Picard sends one of three groups to a session on nutrition with Chef Jessica Williams of Creating Healthy Solutions. (Row three) Suzanne and Mike Ramos lead each of three groups in some fun exercises to music and discuss ways that everyone can be more active. (Row four) Nancy Raposa and Donna Pavao of the People Incorporated Early Intervention Program describe their program while Philip York talks about United Neighbors of Fall River and Sarah Ashley and Erin May of Child and Family Services listen to a presentation about Family Service Association. (Bottom row) Interim Principal Christine Staskiewicz draws the winning tickets for five grocery bags, one of which is won by Lexie Flanagan. |
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