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A parade of people in support of the Citizens Scholarship Fund in Fall River walked from B.M.C. Durfee High School to Bristol Community College where they gathered in the lobby of the Jackson Arts Building to hold a rally in support of the Fund's latest fundraising challenge. Led by School Committeeperson Joseph Martin and Dr. Irving Fradkin, founder of Scholarship America, speaker underscored the importance of contributing to the fund drive that was begun fifty years ago. Scholarship America honored Dr. Fradkin by presenting him the first annual Eagle Award to highlight his years of advocacy and dedicated service to the organization. The Eagle Award was presented to Dr. Fradkin by his grandson, Jeffery M. Silverman, and other Scholarship America supporters and board members at an annual gala event on October 16 in Providence, R.I. For more information about the drive, contact Joe martins at 508-415-3727 or Dr. Odete Amarelo at 508-678-7653.
 

(Top row, left) Dollars for Scholars Parade participants walk from B.M.C. Durfee High School to Bristol Community College where they gathered in the lobby of the Jackson Arts Building. (Top row, center) Fall River School Committeeperson Joe Martin addresses the group about the value of the scholarship program. (Top row, right) Students from the Fall River Boys and Girls Club gather for the rally. (Middle row, left) Dr. Irving Fradkin, founder of Scholarship America talks about the fundraiser. (Middle row, right) Dr. Fradkin and Mr. Martin hold up buckets in which dollar bills were collected along the parade route. (Bottom row, center) Students from the Fall River Boys and Girls Club sit behind a sign designating Fall River as "The Scholarship City," the slogan for the City. (Bottom row, right) Students return to the Boys and Girls Club.

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