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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
On
a typical summer day in Griffin Park, a variety of healthy activities were
taking place involving children of all ages. Volunteers from Bike
Fall River and Fall River Police
officers were on hand with Healthy
Aging Initiative Coordinator Eric Andrade and Mass
in Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly to give out free bike helmets and
bells. "We gave away more than 25 helmets after Fall
River Police Officer Richard Saraiva properly fitted them," reported
Kelly. While that was going on, other children were playing soccer under
the supervision of Greater Fall River
Re-Creation staff members Keith Omosefunmi and Ashley Tillman. Other
children were coming to the park for free lunches given out through the
annual Summer Food Service Program
(SFSP)
administered nationally by the
United States
Department of Agriculture and locally by the
Massachusetts
Department of Education,
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(Top row) Healthy Aging Initiative Coordinator Eric Andrade hands six-year-old Niriah Villafane and ten-year-old Angel Rodrigues new bells for their bikes after Fall River Police Officer Richard Sariva fitted them for helmets and Bike Fall River volunteer Frank Menenzes attached the bells to their handlebars. (Row two) Greater Fall River Re-Creation staff member Ashley Tillman kicks the soccer ball around before organizing two teams of young people with fellow staff member Keith Omosefunmi. (Row three) Keith gets the children engaged in a soccer game. (Row four, center and right) Ashley finishes the game and helps to distribute the free lunches with staff members Eliomenia Pires and Gabriella Bowden while parent Susana Rodrigues talks with them. (Bottom row) Nilolas Ford heads to a park bench to join Aidan Sullivan and Mollie LeBlanc where the two boys eat their lunch. |
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