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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Over
400 parents, children and providers joined Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard at the Silvia
Elementary School in the North End of Fall River for a Family Fun Night on
January 22, 2015. 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. Much of the funding was
provided by a Vela Foundation
grant that paid for grocery bags given away as door prizes for
participants. Participants
were offered sessions on nutrition by Saint Anne's
Hospital nurse Rose Couto, R.N. and Southcoast Health dietitian Amanda
Raposo, R.D. along with, a fun workout with Zumba instructor Soklim
Chhean as well as the chance to speak with representatives
of over twenty agencies including BMC HealthNet Plan, Child
and Family Services, Bristol
County Sheriff's Office, Children's
Advocacy Center, MA Department of Children and Families, Early Childhood/Family Community Engagement,
Eastside
Chiropratic, Fernandes
Center for Children, Greater
Fall River Re-Creation, HealthFirst
Dental Program, Katie Brown Educational Program, People Incorporated,
Saint Anne's Hospital,
Silvia School PTO, Southcoast
Energy Challenge, Southcoast
Health, Smash Table Tennis Club, 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) Silvia Elementary School Principal Jean Facchiano greets nearly 400 students and parents as they arrive for the event before Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomes the huge audience. (Row two) Physical Education Teacher Tim Powers directs students and parents into one of two nutrition sessions with Saint Anne's Hospital nurse Rose Couto, RN where she talks to them about the difference between whole fruit and fruit juice. (Row three) Southcoast Health Dietitian Amanda Raposo, RD, talks with the children and parents about the amount of sugar in foods, like brownies, that people eat without realizing it, while Michaela Hetzler talks with Robin Jones of People Incorporated's Early Intervention Program. (Row four) Jennifer Espinola of Saint Anne's Hospital, left, Betty Nunes of HealthFirst Dental Program, center, and Brenda Viveiros of BMC HealthNet Plan, right, talk with parents in the resource area. (Row five, left) Partners Worksite Wellness Coordinator Angie Bras talks with six-year-old Landon Perieira and his father, Joshua Pereira, along with Jennifer Thibeault about sugar-sweetened beverages. (Row five, center) Bristol County District Attorney's Office staff member Eric Poulin talks with School Committee member Melissa Panchley. (Row five, right) Ocianna Pavao looks over information at the Saint Anne's Hospital table. (Row six) Zumba instructor Soklim Chhean leads three groups in some fun fitness moves to music in the gym. (Bottom row) Cibele Mariani of the Southcoast Energy Challenge talks with a parent before Principal Facchiano and Physical Education Teacher Teresa Mahjoory draw a winning grocery bag door prize ticket for second-grader Ladaynian Mendes. |
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