Healthy City Fall River held its first Annual Spring Celebration event on April 7, 2005, at the UMass Professional Learning Center, to recognize the fifty projects that made up the first year Action Plan. These projects included activities that addressed safety and substance abuse, environment and recreation, health education, adult education and employment and community planning and housing, all factors that influence the overall health of the community. Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr. was presented with the Massachusetts Municipal Association 2005 Pickard Innovation Award for the first phase of the project.
 

(Top row, from left) YMCA Child Care Services Director Karen Pac and YMCA Executive Director Frank Duffy are greeted at the registration desk by Billie Jean Valente and Pat Fanning of the Family Service Association. SSTAR Executive Director Nancy Paul, Fall River Housing Authority Tom Collins and Fall River Police Department Chief John M. Souza are in the background. (Center) Massachusetts Municipal Association Executive Director Jeffrey Beckwith presents Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr., with the 2005 Pickard Award for Innovation. (Right) Mayor Lambert recognizes the many efforts over the past year that have made improvements in the city's health. (Center, left and right) Community Liaison Maureen Estes presents recognition awards to Marianne Arruda of the Community Development Recreation Program and Mary Ann Wordell of the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program. (Bottom row, left) City Youth Services Director Christian McCloskey with Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Peter Kortright. (Center) Shepherd Center Director Kathleen Brennan joins the audience in applause. (Right) Fall River Health and Human Services Director Michael Coughlin joins Massachusetts Healthy Communities Director Peter Lee and Maureen Estes at the conclusion of the event.

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