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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
An
amazing 140 parents and students came to the Tansey
Elementary School on January 20, 2017 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
learned about nutrition with Saint
Anne's Hospital nurse Rose Couto and were led in some healthy movement by Fitness Leader
Mike Ramos. Participants also had the opportunity to speak with representatives
of twenty-one agencies including BMC HealthNet
Plan, Bristol
County Sheriff's Office, Child
and Family Services, the Children's
Advocacy Center,
Fall
River Parent Academy, Family Service
Association, Head
Start, HealthFirst
Dental Clinic, Katie Brown Education Program,
Mass in Motion/Walk
Fall River, People
Incorporated, Road to Healing,
Saint
Anne's Hospital, Samaritans,
Southcoast Health, Stanley
Street Treatment and Resources, Tansey PTO, Tufts
Network Health, WIC,
and the Women's Center, along with Partners
for a
Healthier Community covering its
Sugar-Free Challenge. Click here for a 28-minute
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(Top row) Tansey Elementary School staff members Arlene Dumont, Brittany Persons and Michael Scott sign family members in before they gather in the cafeteria where Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard welcomes them. (Rows two and three Fitness Leader Mike Ramos leads each of the three groups in some fun movement to music while explaining how exercise doesn't have to be boring or expensive. (Row four) Saint Anne's Hospital nurse Rose Couto challenges the group to see what the difference between whole oranges and processed orange juice that contains too much sugar and very little fiber. (Row five) Amy Silvia of Road to Healing and Rene Rodrigues and Liz Greene of HealthFirst Dental Clinic talk with families while Pamela Martin of FRED-TV and her daughter, Amy, interview some children for The Thread TV Program. (Row six) Families look over items from the WIC, Head Start and Katie Brown Education Program tables in the resource room. (Bottom row) Ms. Picard points out the problems with sugar-sweetened beverages before she and members of the Tansey PTO and School Adjustment Counselor Sara Jane Nogueira hand out door prizes, including ten bags of groceries provided by Southcoast Health. |
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