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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Current and prospective
volunteers for the B.O.L.D.
(Building Our Lives Drug-free) Coalition were invited by staff to an
open house in the classroom at
Stanley Street Treatment & Resources
on January 14, 2009. The event was an occasion to express appreciation
to the current volunteers for all of the work that they have done over
the past year to make the organization so effective in addressing the
problem of substance abuse in Greater Fall River. "We could not do the
kinds of things we do without the involvement and dedication of so many
in the projects that we have undertaken," noted Program Director Karen
Fischer. Projects included reclaiming futures, guiding good choices,
smoke-free
families,
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol,
drug
paraphernalia,
youth
access to alcohol,
Parenting Wisely, and Students
Against Destructive Decisions (SADD). Funded by a
SAMHSA grant,
the Coalition has been in operation for five years and will soon be
applying for a new five-year grant.
Click here
to see photos from last year's annual meeting.
Click
here to see photos of the Good Neighbor Awards for eliminating
tobacco sales to minors and drug paraphernalia sales in local stores.
For more information about the BOLD Coalition,
contact Program Director Karen Fischer
at
508-324-3537. |
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(Top row, left) Karen Fischer welcomes volunteers, prospective volunteers and staff to the open house in the classroom at SSTAR as volunteer Jeremy Clark listens. (Top row, center) Volunteer Donna Stewart talks with BOLD staff member Karin Wood behind some of the literature describing local and substance abuse programs. (Top row, right) Volunteers Barbara Lamonde and Amy Curry talk about their work on the Coalition. (Middle row, left) Staff member Jade Niewenheusen shares a lighter moment with Barbara. (Middle row, center) Volunteer Jim Bartley of the Lower Highlands Historic Downtown Neighborhood Association and a member the Paraphernalia Prevention sub-committee of BOLD, chats with Fall River Tobacco Control coordinator Marilyn Edge and SSTAR Executive Director Nancy Paull. (Middle row, right) Karen Fischer greets volunteer Natalie Grannum. (Bottom row, left) BOLD Coalition's Communication Coordinator Kim Rodrigues chats with Jim Bartley and Alycia. (Bottom row, center) BOLD Coalition Vice-president Jasiel Correia II talks with new volunteer members of Teens Against Drug Abuse (TADA) Maille O'Brien and Julia Stachura. (Bottom row, right) Volunteers Chad Wilusz and Maureen Brisson chat. |
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