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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Dozens
of adults and
children gathered at Lafayette Park on August 26, 2016 to get everyone moving. Designed to
provide two hours of healthy activity for younger children, the Women
Children and Infants (WIC) program's third field day event did just that.
With music provided by Pete Down of Upbeat
Entertainment, dozens of kids bounced on WiggleKids
exercise balls and beat out tunes during a Drums
Alive session that followed. Other created giant bubbles,
tried hula hoops, and played with frisbees
provided by the District Attorney's
Office who sponsored much of the event. Representatives of Highland
Pediatrics provided a sugar-free
information table, Citizens
for Citizens Family Planning and HealthFirst
Family Care Center offered information about their services, and Greater
Fall River Re-Creation offered free pizza. The event ended
with a six-year-old girl and a eight-year-old boy winning a new bicycle
and helmets donated by Benny's and BMC
HealthNet Plan. "Though it was a hot day, people kept cool
in the shade of the trees," stated WIC Community Coordinator Lisa
Alves. Click here
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(Top row) Wiggle Kids assistant Autumn Rayray bounces with kids and high-fives them during the first hour. (Row two) A mother and her children learn how to make giant bubbles using string, straws and dish detergent from Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard. (Row three) Karina Ortiz and Serrinity Hart try hula hoops while Sarah Pedro and two-year-old Emma-Ruth help themselves to pizza while Jordan Brano tosses a frisbee to children. (Row four) Parents and children look over materrial at the HealthFirst table before getting slices of watermelon from Pediatric Medial Assistant Heatlher Booker, right. (Row five) Suzanne Salva and nine-month-old Michael talk with Amy Raposa of Highland Pediatrics about the dangers of sugar. (Row six) Kim Ferrara of WiggleKids leads the group in a Drums Alive session where children drum to music using pool noodles. (Bottom row) WIC Program Director Colleen Kenyon and Pete Down of of Upbeat Entertainment call out the winning numbers for the boy's and girl's bicycles won by Richard Romero and K'lani Chambers. |
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