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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The
seventh Family Fun Night of the year took place at the Macomber
Primary School on May 17, 2017. Partners
School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard
welcomed 141 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 nutrition with Chef Jessica
Williams of Creating
Healthy Solutions and one on
moving to music with Fitness Leader Annemarie Holly of Greater
Fall River Re-Creation. Participants also had the opportunity to speak with representatives
of a twenty-two agencies including BMC HealthNet
Plan, Bristol
County District Attorney's Office, Bristol
County Sheriff's Office, Boys
Town New England, Children's
Advocacy Center, DCF
Foster Parenting, Family Service
Association, Katie Brown, Educational
Program, Fall
River Women's Center New York Life
Insurance, People Incorporated,
Road to Healing, Saint Anne's
Hospital, Samaritans,
Save Our Schools, Senior
Whole Health, Southcoast Health,
Westport Fire Department, WIC,
and Partners
for a
Healthier Community covering its
Sugar-Free Challenge. Click here for a
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(Top row) Parents and children check in with Nurse Tracy Pereira and Principal Carolyn Pontes as Ashley Blanchard and Kyle Duchaine put up a banner for the School Committee and Bob Porawski of the Westport Fire Department talks with family members. (Row two) Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomes the audience and explains the evening's events before sending them to one of three stations. (Row three) Chef Jessica Williams of Creating Healthy Solutions walks people through a method of choosing foods that balance protein, fat and carbohydrates. (Row four through six) Fitness Leader Annemarie Holly of Greater Fall River Re-Creation gets people moving to music and having fun doing it. (Row seven) Westport Fire Department Explorer Post 774 members Dylan Soares and Cody Smeaton introduce Sparky the Fire Dog to the children as Donna Payer and Pam Burns of the People Incorporated Early Intervention Program and Jeanne Girard of Save Our Schools talk with parents. (Row eight) Delaney Wilkinson and Candace Gagne of Students Against Destructive Decisions pose for a photo while Angie Bras of Partners talks to families about choosing healthier beverages such as water and whole milk as better options.than soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages. (Bottom row) Students bring ten bags of groceries after drawing winning door prize tickets to their parents including six-year-old Mason Auclair who poses for a photo with his parents Brian and Marlene Auclair. |
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