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Building Our Lives Drug-Free (BOLD), the new name of the recently-formed Fall River Area Prevention Coalition, appeared on a float assembled by young people who participated in  "Up With Arts", a six-week summer youth program that ran for six weeks at St. Luke's Church on Warren Street. The program was planned and organized by Teens Against Drug Abuse (TADA), a subcommittee of the Coalition organized in early 2005 to address the prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse in Fall River. The float was towed through the August 11th parade during Fall River Celebrates America and was seen by hundreds of people from Fall River.
 

 

(Top row) Instructor Bobby Rodriguez and Bizz Boutin and line up some of the art work created by the students during the summer arts program. (Top row, center) Melissa Comstock applies some of the blue background. (Top row, right) SSTAR Prevention Specialist Nic Charest works under the platform while Ally Paull prepares some wire. (Middle row, left) Will Silvia applies some yellow fringe. (Middle row, right) Visual Arts Instructor Jim Kay (right) directs the application of the blue background. (Bottom row, left) Holli Carleton and Will Silvia try on some of the masks they made during the summer arts program. (Bottom row, center) Youth Program Director Mike Aguiar, Mike Ramos and Jim Kay position the new BOLD banner at the back of the float. (Bottom row, right) Brittany DeGagne models her mask.
 

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