HealthFirst Family Care Center is excited to announce its upcoming comedy fundraiser “Charlie Hall and the Fall River Follies” on Friday, April 23 at the Eagle Event Center, 35 N. Main St., Fall River, MA. Light refreshments will be served from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by email to HarrisonP@healthfirstfr.org. (Cash bar will be available.)

Charlie Hall is the creator of “Ocean State Follies” and has an uncanny talent for making us laugh at ourselves, situations in our community and much more.

HealthFirst was able to secure $11,519,300 (of a $16 million project) through a very competitive federal grant offered by the Facility Investment Program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding will be used for the renovation of a new building but does not, however, include the building’s $1.525 million purchase price.

Your attendance at this fun-filled evening of entertainment will help us raise some greatly needed funding for the building’s purchase and show your support of our mission, programs and services.

Friday, April 23		Charlie Hall’s Fall River Follies Eagle Event Center 7:30 p.m. showtime Tickets are $25 and include complimentary light refreshments from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening of fun and frolic as Charlie Hall and his band of merrymakers address some Fall River issues!

Thursday, May 27		HealthFirst and the Pawtucket Red Sox invite you to witness some of the Greatest prospects in baseball! The PawSox take on the Norfolk Tides (Triple A affiliate of the Norfolk Tides) Thursday, May 27 – 7 p.m. At McCoy Stadium – Pawtucket Tickets are $7 (Rain date is Monday, May 31 at 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 5		HealthFirst invites the local community to its annual Family Fun in the Sun Event . This free and fun-filled event will take place on Saturday, June 5th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at HealthFirst Family Care Center, 102 County Street, Fall River. This program is designed to encourage parents to spend more time engaging in physical activities with their children and encouraging them to eat healthy snacks. Music, dancing, exercise demonstrations, face painting, child identification program, games and more.

Friday, June 11		Beach Party Blast! Marine Museum. 7 to 11 p.m. Music provided by MC Music Productions. Enjoy music and dancing to the tunes of the Beach Boys and anything else “beach related”. Contestants for HealthFirst’s 2010 “Stepping Out with HealthFirst III event will be announced. Tickets are $25 and include picnic style refreshments.

Saturday, Oct. 23		Stepping Out with HealthFirst III. White of Westport. For the third consecutive year, members of the local business and professional community will be paired with professional dance instructors and compete in two dance categories.

Please call 774-627-1204 for more information or tickets to any of the events listed above.

All events will benefit HealthFirst’s building fund.

Photos from past News & Events

Family Fun in the Sun" Day, 2007

HealthFirst and the WIC Program hosted a potluck luncheon on March 7th, 2008 in celebration of National Nutrition Month.

Carol Weber, Senior WIC Nutritionist, Senator Joan Menard and Gina Lombardi, R.D., HealthFirst's Nutritionist.	Carol Weber, Mayor Robert Correia and Gina Lombardi, R.D.
Mayor Correia and HealthFirst's Corporation Counsel Robert Marchand, Esq.	Colleen Kenyon, WIC Program Director and Nancy Hankins, HealthFirst's Payroll and Benefits Coordinator
Carol Weber and Janet Labelle, Legislative Aide to Senator Robert Kerry	Gina Lombardi, R.D. Offering information about healthy food choices to HealthFirst staff.

"Give Kids A Smile" event sponsored by the Children's Dental Access Program founded by the American Dental Association on February 8th. The event was designed to provide chair side education and preventive care to low-income children who do not have access to care. The children received free dental cleanings, examinations and fluoride treatments. Accepting Resolutions prepared by the House of Representatives and Senate in support of increased dental care for underserved children is Anila Ikhlas, D.M.D., Dental Director at HealthFirst.

(left to right) Pedro Amaral from the office of State Representative Michael Rodrigues, Brian Pearson from the office of State Representative Dave Sullivan, Ryan Phelan from the office of Senator Joan Menard, Dr. Ikhlas and Gene P. Alves, Chairman of the Board at HealthFirst.	Event participants
Event participants	Event participants

We invite you to contact us or call HFFCC at 508-679-8111 with any questions you may have.