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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
In
recognition of the
national Week of the Young Child,
the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Council, Early Education
and Care Providers, School-Age Programs, and Community Affiliated Agencies
held a free Literacy Fair at the Kuss Middle School on April 8, 2017. The event offered three
hours of free information and developmentally-appropriate activities,
child development information community resources and a performance by the Toe Jam
Puppet Band. Some of the participating
organizations included Animal Instincts,
BMC HealthNet Plan, the Bristol
Community College Early Education Program, Fall
River Public Schools, the Fall River
Children's Museum, the Child Development Program, CFC Head
Start/Early Head Start, CFC
After-School Program, HealthFirst
Family Care Center, John E. Boyd Center,
King Philip Preschool, Parent-Child
Home Program, Rainbow Bears Child Care Center, South
Bay Early Intervention, St.
Stanislaus Mastery School, and WIC..
Approximately 300 families attended the event and each received a dozen free books.
Funding for the event was provided by the Massachusetts Department
of Early Education and Care. Click here for pictures of the last year's event.
Click here for
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(Top row) Two boys are fascinated by the display of a live tarantula by Bob Shagle of Animal Instincts. (Row two) Courtney Fernandes of the South Bay Early Intervention Program helps a boy blow some bubbles. (Row three, left) Theresa Voltao and Jasmyne Demedeiros of the Kids World Learning Center pass out crayons. (Row three, center) Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard talks about sugar with a young student. (Row three, four) Darlene Hyson of Animal Tracking with the Parent-Child Home Program. (Row four) Children and parents line up to receive some free books while Ann Marchand and Joyce Demarais of CFC Head Start Head Start provide some crafts. (Rows five and six) Tom Poitras and Vinny Lovegrove of the Toe Jam Puppet Band get the youngsters laughing and moving during their noontime show. |
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