Stalls on the Stalls on the Again to Faculty Well being Truthful and Backpack Giveaway on Saturday on the South Shore Excessive Faculty Area in Canarsie, Brooklyn.
Picture courtesy Workplace of Council Member Mercedes Narcisse/Frank Shea
Brooklyn Council Member Mercedes Narcisse says she hosted a really profitable Again to Faculty Well being Truthful and Backpack Giveaway on Saturday on the South Shore Excessive Faculty Area in Canarsie, Brooklyn.
“The occasion noticed a implausible turnout from native households and neighborhood members, with the day stuffed with actions, well being providers, and help for college students returning to high school,” Narcisse, the Haitian-born consultant for the forty sixth Council District in Brooklyn, advised Caribbean Life.
“The climate began off cloudy, however the solar ultimately got here out, creating the right setting for a day of enjoyable, well being screenings, music, video games, giveaways, and community-building,” she added.
Narcisse mentioned attendees participated in psychological well being useful resource classes and loved Zumba, meals, and leisure.
She mentioned one of many predominant highlights was the distribution of backpacks stuffed with college provides to assist college students begin the yr off proper.
“It was unimaginable to witness our neighborhood come collectively at this time,” mentioned Council Member Narcisse. “The power was implausible, and I’m deeply grateful to all of the attendees, volunteers, supporters, and my workers who made at the present time doable.
“I need to give a particular shout-out to Millennium Growth for his or her partnership,” she added. “Collectively, we’re constructing a stronger, more healthy, and extra ready neighborhood.”
Narcisse mentioned the organizers distributed greater than 500 backpacks with college provides to college students returning to the classroom, and distributors additionally supplied entry to very important well being assets.
She mentioned over two dozen organizations, such because the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions Membership, NYC Well being, One Brooklyn Well being, Haitian Nurses Community, SUNY Downstate, NYC Emergency Administration, and the Nationwide Alliance on Psychological Sickness (NAMI), supplied providers on the annual honest.
“With well being screenings and psychological well being ideas accessible all through the day, the honest bolstered the significance of well being and wellness in scholar success,” mentioned Narcisse, a registered nurse by coaching.
