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About forty parents and children came to Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School  for the school's first ever Family Fun Night on May 6, 2015. Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomed the group and directed them to the gymnasium where they were able to talk with representatives of community organizations that they can access to maintain or improve their health. That session was followed by a fitness session led by Diman Business Technology teacher Suzanne Ramos and her husband, Mike, and one focused on nutrition where Diman Culinary Arts Chef Jon Root made a raspberry smoothie with yogurt and spinach. The participating agencies included All Generations Fitness, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, BMC HealthNet, Child and Family Services, Children's Advocacy Center, Citizens for Citizens, MA Department of Children and Families, Family Service Association Community Service Agency, Katie Brown Educational Program, People Incorporated, Pirouette dance Academy, Road to Healing, Saint Anne's Hospital, Salter School, Smash Table Tennis Club, SouthCoast Energy Challenge, Southcoast Health, Tufts Network Health, United Neighbors, and Partners for a Healthier Community covering its Soda-Free Challenge. Click here for an 36-minute video of the event. Click here for photos of the Family Fun Night at the Fonseca Elementary School. For more information, contact School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard at 774-319-0107.

(Top row) Diman students Kayleee Simmons and Julia Leamy check in one of the families before the group assembles in the auditorium to be welcomed by Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard. (Row two, center and right) Families move into the gym to visit agency representatives, including one from the  SouthCoast Energy Challenge, while Partners Community Outreach Manager Brian Moses talks with Susana Silva and fmily about sugar-sweetened beverages. (Row three)  Family members speak with Loujay Matias of the Family Service Association Community Service Agency while Brenda Viveiros of BMC HealthNet talks to others and Brian Moses talks with Diman Superintendent Marta Montleon. (Rows four and five) Diman Business Technology teacher Suzanne Ramos and her husband, Mike, lead the group in some fun moves to music while talking about the importance of exercise. (Rows six and seven) Diman Culinary Arts Chef Jonathan Root passes out recipes and demonstrates how to make a healthy yogurt smoothie with raspberries and spinach before handing out samples. (Bottom row, center and right) Health and  Physical Education teachers Cathy Noverca and Michael DoCouto help Ms. Picard with the door prize drawings and hand one of the winners, Olga Baez, one of ten bags of groceries. 

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