Twenty members of the B.M.C. Durfee High School Peaceful Coalition gathered at the YMCA Camp Yomechas in Middleboro on June 6, 2006, to participate in the ropes course. This event, a Healthy City Fall River micro-grant project, provided about twenty members of the Peaceful Coalition and opportunity to do team building and to increase trust among its members. The day-long event included morning team-building exercises and training on the ropes course. Members of the Coalition will return in the fall to continue to build the Coalition leadership. For more information about the group, contact student advisor Paul Leite.
 

 (Top row, left and center) 12th grade student Javier Martinez receives his final instructions before his twenty-foot climb to the cross-beam. (Top row, right) Student Bobby Gonzalez dons his helmet. (Middle row, left) Student Jonathan Sanchez begins his assault. (Middle row, right) Gonzalez begins his climb. (Bottom row, left) Gonzalez finishes his descent as his fellow students watch. (Bottom row, center) Intern Michaela Gagne, who was recently crowned Miss Massachusetts, and Durfee H.S. student adjustment counselor and Peaceful Coalition advisor Paul Leite observe the action. (Bottom row, right) Michaela takes her turn.