This year's first-time Job-a-thon generated about 130 summer jobs for Fall River youth through a telephone solicitation by area leaders. Now, at the end of the summer, young people are looking back at their summer work experience. "It's been a great experience," reported Jonathan Pelletier who has been working as a data-entry specialist at Lightolier in the Fall River Industrial Park. "I'd love to come back next summer if they want me," added the B.M.C. Durfee High School entering Junior. Durfee graduate Lawrence Fernandes, who has worked as a teller at Fall River Bank Five on North Main Street, is planning a business career and will enroll at Bristol Community College in January. "It's been a great experience. I've learned a lot," he noted. Students Andrew Donald and Travis Henry, who have been working at Stellar Records, like working for a company that is in their area of interest. Andrew, a Durfee senior, plans on going into the music field and Travis, a Diman Sophomore, is interested in a career in electronics. For more information about the Hire-a-teen program, contact Beth Viveiros at the Bristol County Training Consortium at 508-730-5000,
 

(Top row, left and center) Jonathan Pelletier enters orders at his desk at the Lightolier main office. (Top row, right) Human Resources Manager Diane Cunha, who arranged to hire teens through the Hire-a-Teen Program, chats with Jonathan. (Middle row) Lawrence Fernandes talks with supervisor Kathy Simao at the Bank Five main office on North Main Street. (Bottom row, left) Andrew Donald puts shrink-wrap on CDs at Stellar Records. (Bottom row, middle) Travis Henry and Andrew help with some of the computer programs that create Karaoke records at the facility. (Bottom row, right) Travis unpacks CDs. Commenting on the summer Hire-a-Teen program, Travis, who works twenty hours a week, says "It's good to have a job and still have time to do what you want to do over the summer."