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The 10th Annual Legislative
Forum breakfast was held at White's Restaurant on November
13, 2009.
New Bedford and Fall River Community
Health Network Area (CHNA) organizations
C.O.A.S.T. and
Partners for a Healthier Community
used the occasion to announce the formation of Voices
for a Healthy SouthCoast, a health-improvement initiative spearheaded
by Southcoast Hospitals and Y.M.C.A.
Southcoast that is just in the formative stages. An ACHIEVE
grant (Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental
changE) was awarded to the two organizations earlier this year to develop
a structure among seventeen communities, most of which are part of the two
CHNAs. The project will focus on reducing tobacco use and exposure,
promoting physical activity and healthy eating, and improving access to
consistent, high-quality preventive health services. Team leaders Donna
Querim and Nancy Bonell described the approach to systems, policy and
environmental changes that the project will undertake. State
Representative John F. Quinn, who attended the ACHIEVE
training in Alexandria, VA, earlier in the year, introduced five state
legislators, and CHNA chairpersons Marianne DeSouza and Billie Jane
Valente presented awards to honor leaders who have contributed to the
health of their communities over the past year. |
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| Attendees help themselves to a healthier breakfast prepared by White's Restaurant who has since agreed to make the menu available to other groups. | The annual event brought 150 people from the Fall River and New Bedford Area together for networking and learning at the Westport facility. | Children In Balance project director and dual CHNA board member Marcia Picard chats with CD Recreation program director Jamison Souza |
 Partners for a Healthier Community chairperson Billie Jane Valente opens the morning session by welcoming the area legislators and guests. |
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New Bedford director of public health and CHNA (Greater New Bedford C.O.A.S.T) chairperson speaks on behalf of Mayor Lang who was ill. |
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 State Representative Steven D'Amico of Seekonk praises the organizations for their work. |
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To see pictures of the previous Legislative Forums, click here
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