United Neighbors of Fall River

Bingo Games
2025-05-13 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-06-10 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Family Resource Center, 45 Rock Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Join the Family Resource Center for free Bingo! There will be prizes, food, and fun for the whole family! For more information contact Jaimie Rose at 508-567-1735 or jrose@frfsa.org.
Learn more about the Family Resource Center here.

Foster Parent Informational meetings
2025-05-14 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-06-11 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-07-09 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-08-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Address will be disclosed via email following registration, Through email, Fall River, MA, 02720
The Department of Children and Families is actively recruiting foster parents for children in your community and surrounding areas.
Our goal is to provide our foster children with a supportive and healing environment in a home in their own community until they can be reunited with their families, or another plan can be made on their behalf.
If you are thinking about becoming a foster parent, you can learn more about the application process and the supports provided by the Department by attending an informational meeting, checking out our Foster MA web page, or contacting me, Fatima Sequeira or our foster parent ambassador Jackie DaCosta directly:
Fatima Sequeira Jackie DaCosta
Foster Family Recruiter Foster Parent Ambassador
(508) 894-3841 (508) 415-9215
Fatima.sequeira@mass.gov jdcdcf@comcast.net

Foster Parent Informational meetings
2025-05-14 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-07-09 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-09-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Department
The Department of Children and Families is actively recruiting foster parents for children in your community and surrounding areas.
Our goal is to provide our foster children with a supportive and healing environment in a home in their own community until they can be reunited with their families, or another plan can be made on their behalf.
If you are thinking about becoming a foster parent, you can learn more about the application process and the supports provided by the Department by attending an informational meeting, checking out our Foster MA web page, or contacting me directly:
Fatima Sequeira
Foster Family Recruiter
(508) 894-3841
Fatima.sequeira@mass.gov
Christine Barry – Foster Parent Ambassador
barrybunch4@comcast.net
781-864-5103

Games with Guys
2025-05-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-06-19 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-07-17 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-08-21 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-09-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Family Resource Center, 45 Rock Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Join the family Resource Center for a night of Games with Guys! Free and open to all children and their father figures. For more information and to register contact Cory Silva at 508-567-1735 or csilva@frfsa.org.
Learn more about the Family Resource Center here.

Community Wellness Initiative
2025-06-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
Community based committee to support mental health, suicide prevention, and well being of the residents of Fall River.
Meets the first Monday of the month. Contact Wendy Garf-Lipp at wendy@unfr.org for the Zoom link or tinyurl.com/unfrwellness
No meeting in September (Labor Day); 10/7, 11/4, 12/2, 1/6, 2/3, 3/3, 4/7, 5/5, 6/2; no meeting in July and August.

Veterans Peer Group
2025-06-02 16:30 - 18:00 | Veteran’s Association of Bristol County, 755 Pine Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Peer Group every Monday from 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
At the Veteran’s Association of Bristol County, we’ve established a welcoming drop-in center where veterans and their families can access a range of programs and services in a safe and inclusive environment. We take pride in being the sole organization in our region that addresses the full spectrum of veteran’s needs. Veterans, active service members, and surviving spouses are eligible to participate in our programs.
To register or for more information about our programs visit theVABC.org

Coalition Against Period Poverty (CAPP)
2025-06-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
The Coalition Against Period Poverty works on assuring that all menstruators have free and dignified access to menstrual products in schools, shelters, jails, and public facilities. Flow Justice, a sub-committee of CAPP, provides access to menstrual hygiene products and educates youth and adults on menstrual health, access, and equity.
Currently meets monthly on the first Thursday at 10:00am. Email wendy@unfr.org for the Zoom link.
You can learn more about the work CAPP does and download menstrual equity resources here.

Housing 101
2025-06-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Family Resource Center, 45 Rock Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Join the Family Resource Center for this free Housing 101 workshop. For more information contact Cory Silva at 508-567-1735 or csilva@frfsa.org.
The Family Resource Center works with parents, children, teens, grandparents, guardians, caregivers and any other family member or member of the community who may be involved with the family. Staff at the FRC can assess the needs of the family members, recommend services, and help with access to other community services if needed.
Learn more about the Family Resource Center here.

Dual Anon
2025-06-05 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-03 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-08-07 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-04 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Fall Recovery Connection Center, 649 Bedford Street, Fall River, 02723
Starting Thursday-January 2nd at 5pm-The Fall River/New Bedford RCC is pleased to announce the start of the Dual Anon program
Dual Anon is for families and friends who have a loved one struggling with a dual disorder (addictions + mental health struggles)
“Dual Anon Family Groups exist to help family and friends of people who experience two no-fault diseases: chemical dependency and emotional or psychiatric illness. Families coping with these diseases often feel alone and uncertain. Often family members try to help in ways that end up making the situation worse; others give up; others don’t know what to do.
Dual Anon, through weekly meetings, provides a base of support and educational information. We share each other’s struggles and provide an atmosphere of care and understanding. We all know what it’s like to see our loved one fall apart and to wish we could hold him together with our two hands; then watch him fall apart anyway. We understand the chaos that addiction and emotional or psychiatric illness bring to families.” (Courtesy of dualanon.org)
For more information on the Dual Anon program, click here https://dualanon.org/
For more information on the Fall River/New Bedford Recovery Connection Center, click here https://www.southeastrlc.org/fall-river
We hope to “see” you soon via Zoom!

Budgeting 101
2025-06-12 17:30 - 18:30 | Family Resource Center, 45 Rock Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Join the Family Resource Center for this free workshop and learn what is a budget; how to define a budget; ideas about budgets; how to balance a checking account; and tips to save. For more information contact Cory Silva at 508-567-0735 or csilva@frfsa.org
Learn more about the Family Resource Center here.

Fall River Reads: Summer is Here!
2025-07-03 14:00 - 15:30 | The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County, 58 Arch St, Fall River, 02724
Celebrate the start of summer with a fun-filled event for kids and families hosted at The CAC, right next to the Fall River Public Library Bookmobile. Free Ice Cream, Story Time with the Mayor, and more!
Attendees are invited to:
📚 Browse books
🐾 Collect exclusive Chief the Assistance Dog-themed bookmarks
📖 Enjoy Story Time with Mayor (City of Fall River)
🍦 Top it all off with a FREE scoop of ice cream from Dorothy Cox Chocolates!
Location: The CAC, outside the Fall River Public Library’s Bookmobile
58 Arch St. Fall River, MA 02724
Date: Thursday, July 3rd – 2pm-3:30pm

Pathways to Pages: A Story Walk Adventure in the Flint Neighborhood
2025-08-01 12:30 - 2027-08-01 20:00 | Father Travassos Park
Looking for a fun, free, and family-friendly activity right in your neighborhood? Come explore Pathways to Pages—a new interactive Story Walk experience happening at Father Travassos Park and Kathy Assad Park in the Flint neighborhood of Fall River!
Starting August 1, 2025, families are invited to walk through the park and read a children’s story—one page at a time—mounted along the fence line at kid-height. Each story includes movement prompts that encourage kids to hop, stretch, spin, or tiptoe to the next page, turning reading into a full-body adventure!
But that’s not all! Each park will also feature:
🌱 Community garden beds where kids can learn about plants and nature
📚 Little Free Libraries filled with free books to take home*
🪧 Fun signs and directions to guide your journey and keep everyone moving*
Stories will change every month, so you can come back again and again for a new tale, a new adventure, and new reasons to read together outside.
Perfect for:
Families with children of all ages
Caregivers, grandparents, neighbors, and book lovers
Anyone looking to enjoy the park, move a little, and make special memories
*Coming Soon
This program was made possible through the support of a Love Your Block mini-grant from the City of Fall River.

Community Wellness Initiative
2025-09-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
Greater Fall River Partners for a Healthier Community’s community committee to support mental health, suicide prevention, and wellbeing of the residents of Fall River; chaired by United Neighbors.
Meets monthly on the second Thursday at 9:00am
9/11, 10/9, 11/13, 12/11, 1/8, 2/12, 3/12, 4/9, 5/14, 6/11
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83622214374?pwd=[REDACTED]
or
https://bit.ly/CWIFY26

Let's Talk Tuesday
2025-09-16 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
Monthly community meeting of upward of 50 agency, school, government, and faith-based organizations, to assess the state of the community, share resources, identify gaps, and develop community initiatives to work on sustainable solutions to community projects.
Meets monthly on the third Tuesday at 9:00am
9/16, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16, 1/20, 2/17, 3/17, 4/21, 5/19, 6/16
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88433472829?pwd=[REDACTED]
or
https://bit.ly/LetsTalkFallRiver

Coalition Against Period Poverty
2025-10-02 15:30 - 16:30 | Zoom
The Coalition Against Period Poverty works on assuring that all menstruators have free and dignified access to menstrual products in schools, shelters, jails, and public facilities; and educates youth and adults on menstrual health, access, and equity. Learn more here: https://unfr.org/capp/
Meets monthly on the first Thursday at 3:30pm
10/2, 11/6, 12/4, 1/1 (no meeting due to holiday), 2/5, 3/5, 4/2, 5/7, 6/4
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84389451911?pwd=[REDACTED]
or
https://bit.ly/CAPPFY26

Greater Fall River School Community Partnership
2025-10-08 09:00 - 10:30 | Zoom
The group meets monthly connecting various agency offerings to the youth of our schools and community, providing safe activities, healthy resources, and expanded learning opportunities. There are regular training sessions that address the prevalent and current needs of our youth.
Meets monthly on the second Wednesday at 9:00am (some meetings may be virtual, some in-person)
10/8, 11/12, 12/10, 1/14, 2/11, 3/11, 4/8, 5/13, 6/10
Registration is done monthly per SCP emails (michaela@unfr.org)
