The sixth Family Fun Night of the year took place at the Citizens for Citizens Head Start facility on Quequechan Street on April 27, 2017. Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomed 115 parents and children to participate in a program that engages them 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 were offered a sessions on how to find health snacks and one on moving to music with Kim Ferrara of WiggleKids. Participants also had the opportunity to speak with representatives of 18 agencies including the  Bristol County District Attorney's Office, BMC HealthNet Plan,  Children's Advocacy Center, Citizens for Citizens, DCF Foster Parenting,Early Childhood/Family Community Engagement, HealthFirst Family Care Center, HealthFirst Dental Program, Katie Brown Educational Program,  Mass in Motion/Walk Fall River, New York Life Insurance, People Incorporated, Saint Anne's Hospital, Senior Whole Health, Southcoast Health, United Way of Greater Fall River, the WIC Program, and Partners for a Healthier Community covering its Sugar-Free Challenge. Click here for a 20-minute video of the event. Click here for an earlier event at the Kuss Middle School. For more information, contact School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard at 774-319-0107.

(Top row) Parents and children sign in at the Head Start facility on Quequechan Street before Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomes them in the cafeteria. (Rows two and three) Families move to the second floor where  WiggleKids Leader Kim Ferrara leads them in some fun moves to music and a pretend snowball fight. (Row four) After moving to the next station, one of three groups gathers in the cafeteria to listen to United Neighbors of Fall River Executive Director Wendy Garf-Lipp compares the level of sugar in many commercial products compared with other products or what can be made inexpensively at home that contains almost no sugar. (Row five) Partners Outreach Manager Jack Shipley goes over a chart of sugar-sweetened drinks while Liz Greene of the HealthFirst Dental Program helps children demonstrate their brushing technique while Janice Veolozo of Mass in Motion/Walk Fall River talks to a mother about bicycle safety. (Bottom row) Head Start Nutrition Director Gloria Jackson reads the winning door prize numbers as Marcia Picard hands out bags of groceries to the winners.