The  Fall River Housing Authority held a health and human services fair for the residents of the Father Diaferio Village at the community center on July 25, 2007. Representatives of over twenty organizations were on hand to display information, hand out literature and answer questions for residents of the development. In addition to the indoor displays, the Southcoast Hospital health van was also open in the parking lot nearby to provide free health screenings. This activity is one example of the many events organized by the Housing Authority to build community and promote health among over 20,000 residents of public housing in Fall River. To see other activities that take place in the housing developments, click here, here and here. For more information about this and other activities in the Housing Authority developments, contact Youth Coordinator Joseph DaSilva at 508-675-3527.
 

(Top row, left) Dylan Ramos emerges from the Southcoast Health Van where he was able to get health screenings free of charge. (Top row, center) Sopheap Houtand her sons Ricky and Johnny are directed by Housing Authority Youth Coordinator Joseph DaSilva as Melanie Rosa of Citizens for Citizens Head Start looks on. (Top row, right) Fall River Community Police Officer Warren Francis takes a moment to get his pulse and blood pressure checked by Mary Couitt of the Southeast Massachusetts Visiting Nurse Association. (Middle row, left and right) Alcoholism Council Director Peter Viveiros talks with Jennifer Carvalho of St. Anne's Hospital. (Bottom row, left) Kevin St. Germain talks with Housing Authority Management Director John Picard. (Bottom row, center) Johnny Huot holds a balloon while his mother looks over information about school enrollment. (Bottom row, right) Two-and-a-half-year-old J.P. Torres helps himself to some literature while Harold Denfeld and Tara Corbet sit at the YouthBuild information table.