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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Over
a hundred parents and students came to the Letourneau
Elementary School on April 26, 2016 for a Family Fun Night organized
by Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard. The program engages
both adults and children in some healthy
movement while learning about
nutrition and a range of community resources that they
can access to maintain or improve their health. Participants joined
WiggleKids Leader Kim Ferrara for
fun sessions with pool noodles and Saint
Anne's Hospital Nurse Rose Couto to learn about healthy food choices. Participants also had the opportunity
to speak with representatives
of thirteen agencies including the Bristol
County District Attorney's Office, Children's
Advocacy Center, Early Childhood & Family Community Engagement, HealthFirst
Dental Clinic, JRI
Foster Care and Adoption, Mass
in Motion Fall River, Fall
River Parent Academy, Saint
Anne's Hospital, Southcoast Health, Stanley
Street Treatment and Resources, and the WIC
Program, along with Partners
for a
Healthier Community covering its Soda-Free Challenge.
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(Top row) Letourneau School Adjustment Counselor Marie Chase welcomes parents and children, including Jasmyn and Mary Jackson and their friend Lexi Gomez, before Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard begins the event. (Rows two through four) Kim Ferrara of WiggleKids in Swansea leads three groups in some fun movement using swimming pool noodles. (Rows five and six) Saint Anne's Hospital Nurse Rose Couto challenges children and parents to describe healthier food choices. (Row six, right) Eric Poulin of the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, Stephanie Joyal of the Children's Advocacy Center, and representatives of Saint Anne's Hospital talk with parents. (Row seven) Lt. Queila Raposo of the Bristol County Sheriff's Office, Lisa Alves of the WIC Program, and Rosa Fernandez and Amy Pontes of the Letourneau Growth Mindset Program talk with parents. (Row eight) Parents talk with Jessica Rodriguez about the Parent Academy, while Courtney Edge and Jill Heroux of JRI Foster Care and Adoption and Rene Rodrigues of the HealthFirst Dental Clinic talk with parents. (Row nine) Jack Shipley of Partners talks with parents and children about sugar at the Soda-Free Challenge. (Bottom row) Raquel Cabral of Stanley Street Treatment and Resources describes their resources before the event wraps up with the drawing of door prize tickets for ten bags of groceries donated by Southcoast Health, one of which was won by Luis and Jasmine Barsallo and Francisco Dimis. |
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