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Fall River Fitness Challenge
Action Plan Organization:
Community Development Recreation
The Diabetes Association, Inc. (DAI), Children In Balance, Community Development Recreation (CD-REC), the Fall River YMCA and Healthy City Fall River, and over fifty nursing students from the Diman School of Practical Nursing and the UMass-Dartmouth College of Nursing have teamed up to offer adults who live or work in Fall River to access to programs and fitness centers throughout the city for little or no cost, programs that will help them learn to eat well, lose weight, and get fit.

 

Strategy Recreation and Fitness
Strategic Goal:    Develop a robust city-wide, year-around youth recreation and adult fitness system that ensures access to at least 2,000 City residents below 200% of poverty.

Goal:

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Timeline:          
Indicators:        Decreased rates of overweight and obesity, improved fitness
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How citizens can  get involved:

 

Sign up on Saturday January 9, 2010 from 10AM- 2PM at the CD-REC facility located at 72 Bank Street anytime until January 30th. People may also sign up at Diabetes Association Inc, 170 Pleasant Street, FR

Contact Information:

Contact CD-REC Program Director Jamison Souza at 508-679-0922 or Healthy City Coordinator Dave Weed at 508-324-2411.