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Fall River Children In Balance is a two-year childhood obesity prevention research study funded by Tufts University. Fall River is one of only 6 communities in the country chosen to receive this grant whose target audience is 1st through 3rd grade students and their family adults. CIB is a holistic approach to nutrition and fitness designed to affect younger elementary school students in their classroom settings, during after school programs and at recreational facilities, as well as choices their family adults make when they grocery shop or dine out. Children in Balance works with teachers and UMass Amherst health educators to bring nutrition education directly into classrooms. In addition, because school nutrition is a major component of the grant, CIB is partnering with Fall River school food services to extensively upgrade school menus and the way in which school foods are prepared and presented. Though the long term results of this program will take several years to realize, what these children and their families are learning now will build upon similar messages delivered by the Healthy City Fall River initiative and its many partnering City agencies, ideally resulting in positive, sustainable life style changes.

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Building Healthy Relationships

February 3, 2010 by The Womens Center

February is the perfect month to focus on building healthy relationships. Healthy Relationships are a learned behavior. The Women’s Center has made educating our youth about dating violence a priority for 2010. By introducing an effective research-based, national curriculum called “Safe Dates” into local schools, we can help prevent domestic violence by teaching male and female students how to recognize the difference between a healthy and unhealthy relationship. 

They learn that healthy relationships are about equality, pursuing different interests, and supporting separate goals. The Women’s Center offers “equality” cards for Valentine’s Day free of charge to schools that students can exchange with the message “Valentine, don’t just be mine … be yours, too! “ The sender vows to support their Valentine to pursue dreams, listen to them and treat them as an equal. These cards help build awareness that relationships should be built on “equality”, not jealousy and control.

   
For more information about domestic violence visit www.thewomenscentersc.com or call The Women’s Center at 508-996-3343 Ext 16. If you need help or know someone who does, call the 24-Hour Hotline at 508-999-6636.

 

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