On a typical summer day in Griffin Park, a variety of healthy activities were taking place involving children of all ages. Volunteers from Bike Fall River and Fall River Police officers were on hand with Healthy Aging Initiative Coordinator Eric Andrade and Mass in Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly to give out free bike helmets and bells. "We gave away more than 25 helmets after Fall River Police Officer Richard Saraiva properly fitted them," reported Kelly. While that was going on, other children were playing soccer under the supervision of Greater Fall River Re-Creation staff members Keith Omosefunmi and Ashley Tillman. Other children were coming to the park for free lunches given out through the annual Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) administered nationally by the United States Department of Agriculture and locally by the Massachusetts Department of Education,  Click here for a one-minute video of the events. For more information about the bicycle safety and helmet program contact Mass In Motion in Fall River Coordinator Julie Kelly at 508-324-2411. For information about the activity and lunch program in the parks, contact Greater Fall River Re-Creation Director Grace Gerling at 508-679-0922.

(Top row) Healthy Aging Initiative Coordinator Eric Andrade hands six-year-old Niriah Villafane and ten-year-old Angel Rodrigues new bells for their bikes after Fall River Police Officer Richard Sariva fitted them for helmets and Bike Fall River volunteer Frank Menenzes attached the bells to their handlebars. (Row two) Greater Fall River Re-Creation staff member Ashley Tillman kicks the soccer ball around before organizing two teams of young people with fellow staff member Keith Omosefunmi. (Row three) Keith gets the children engaged in a soccer game. (Row four, center and right) Ashley finishes the game and helps to distribute the free lunches with staff members Eliomenia Pires and Gabriella Bowden while parent Susana Rodrigues talks with them. (Bottom row) Nilolas Ford heads to a park bench to join Aidan Sullivan and Mollie LeBlanc where the two boys eat their lunch.