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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The
Diabetes
Association (DAI) of People Incorporated and Saint
Annes Hospital worked together to put on a Diabetes Resource Fair at
the People Incorporated Main Street headquarters next to Government
Center on June 4, 2016. They invited educators and vendors to the free
four-hour event that was open to the public and designed to raise
awareness about the effects of type 2 diabetes in the Greater Fall River
community. "It's really an opportunity for everyone to come together
and network" noted John Quintas of the DAI. "it's also an
opportunity for the public to come in and see what kind of services are
available," he continued. Agency representatives included Saint
Anne's Hospital's Rose Couto and Laurie Hammontree, YMCA Southcoast Diabetes
Prevention Project Manager Lu Brito, and People Incorporated's Robin
Jones. Informational tables were offered by the SMILES Program, AstraZenica,
the UMass
Extension SNAP-ED Program, Center
for Sight, Head
Start and Tufts Health Plan.
The DAI and Saint Anne's team up to offer a Eat Healthy Be Active series,
a Diabetes Prevention Program along with DAI's monthly Information and
Support group. Click here for a
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(Top row) John Quintas talks with Mary Ann Baptista of the SMILES Program as Saint Anne's Hospital Diabetes Educator and Nurse Rose Marie Couto checks someone's blood pressure while Keryn LeBlanc of the UMass Extension SNAP-ED Program talks with Pete Micali and Shannon Donovan of AstraZenica's Fit2Me program. (Row two) Rose and John draw the winning tickets for one of the three door prizes. (Row three) Lori Banco, RDO, of the Center for Sight talks with Rose while other participants talks with representatives of Head Start and Tufts Health Plan. (Bottom row) Registered Dietitian Laurie Hammontree, left, and Deb Paulino, right, of Saint Anne's, left, talk with participants. |