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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Yajaira
Medeiros of People
Incorporated joined Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard
to put on a Funderful Family Fitness Night at the Letourneau
Elementary School on May 29, 2014. This program, similar to Family
Fun nights, engaged 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 Mike Ramos, as well as the chance to speak with representatives
of agencies including the HealthFirst Dental Program, WIC, Mass
in Motion Fall River, and Partners
for a Healthier Community covering its Soda-Free Challenge.
"In addition to all of the evening's
physical activity, it was a great opportunity to introduce people to the
growing number of bicycle routes throughout the City", commented Fall
River Mass in Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly who, along with
Fall River Police Officer Richard
Saraiva, gave away sixty helmets donated by BMC HealthNet
Plan and the Kivanis
Club of Fall River.
Click here for
a 23-minute  video of the
event. For more information, contact School Wellness Coordinator Marcia
Picard at 774-319-0107 or Marilyn
Grubb at People, Incorporated at 508-837-6902, Ext. 117.. |
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(Top row) Parents and children sign-in at the event and proceed to the cafetorium where Fall River Mass in Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly talks with Gilbertt Mello about City bicycle routes before Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard and Yajaira Medeiros of People Incorporated open the session. (Row two) Chef Jessica Williams of Creating Healthy Solutions, Fitness Leader Mike Ramos, and Life Together Fellow Philip York start their sessions. (Row three) Participants engage in some fun exercises to music in the school gym. (Row four) People Incorporated nurse Elizabete Rodrigues takes a blood pressure while Fall River Police Officer Richard Saraiva fits a free helmet, and Philip York talks with another family about the problem of sugar-sweetened drinks. (Bottom row) Chef Jessica and Mike Ramos finish their sessions before Yajaira and Marcia conclude the evening with a raffle drawing to give away a Stop & Shop gift certificate donated by People Incorporated and five bags of groceries donated by Partners. |
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