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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The
fourth Family Fun Night of the new year took place at the Henry Lord
Community School on March 21, 2017. Partners
School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard
welcomed 138 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 sessions on how to cook a quick and easy
healthy dinner by the UMass
Extension Nutrition Education Program and one on
moving to music with Mike Ramos. Participants also had the opportunity to speak with representatives
of 18 agencies including the Bristol
County District Attorney's Office, BMC HealthNet
Plan, Child
and Family Services, Children's
Advocacy Center, Citizens for
Citizens, DCF and DCF
Foster Parenting, Fall
River Women's Center, Head
Start, HealthFirst
Dental Program, Mass in Motion/Walk
Fall River, New York Life
Insurance, People Incorporated,
Road to Healing, Saint Anne'
Hospital, Samaritans, Southcoast Health,
WIC,
and Partners
for a
Healthier Community covering its
Sugar-Free Challenge. Click here for a
25-minute |
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(Top row) Pira Pheap signs-in with Nicole Garrafa and Melissa Pacheco of the Henry Lord PTO before Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomes over 100 parents and children to the event. (Rows two and three) UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program staff members demonstrate how to make a silly fusilli chili recipe that is quick, easy and nutritious. (Row four) Baby Hunter is carried by his father to the resource room where Linda Hennessey talks about the HealthFirst Dental Program and Partners Outreach Manager Jack Shipley talks with parents and children about cutting back on sugar-sweetened beverages and drinking whole milk. (Row five) Parents and children visit the People Incorporated, the New York Life Insurance, the Fall River WIC Program, and the Children's Advocacy Center, tables. (Rows six through nine) Fitness Leader Mike Ramos leads groups in a 20-minute session fun session to get people moving. (Bottom row) Student Support Coordinator Emily Mallozzi reads the winning door prize numbers as eight-grade English teacher Lauren Colman delivers ten bags of groceries provided by the Fall River Women's Union. |
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