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Members of Save Our
Neighborhoods, Arts United,
CD-Recreation and
B.O.L.D.
(Building Our Lives Drug-free) Coalition joined the City of Fall River
in sponsoring a Day of Service activity in celebration of Martin Luther
King Day by creating 1,000 Valentines Day cards to be sent to the men
and women
serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Children and folks of all
ages were invited to attend
the morning event on
January 19, 2009 at the Bank Street
Armory.
Participants were
provided with materials
to assist them
in creating hand-made
Valentines as well as
four large three-by-ten-foot banners,
decorated with well wishes. The Valentines and
banners will be shipped
overseas to the troops, arriving in time for
Valentines Day. Save Our Neighborhoods
member Stefani Koorey was
tapped by President Elect
Barack Obama’s Inauguration
Committee to organize a Fall
River event. The new
Fall River resident has been
hard at work putting to
practice the grassroots
organizing training she
received at Camp Obama
during the presidential
campaign.
For information, contact Koorey at
V4Troops@gmail.com or
508-672-0099 for further
information.
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(Top row) City Councilor Cathy Ann Viveiros prepares some of the 1,000 cards to send. (Top row, center) Al Lima of Save Our Neighborhoods chats with Gloria Bates of Osterville who found out about the event on-line. (Top row, right) Bryson Dean of Somerset works with Jeff Carpenter of Arts United Fall River on one of the banners. (Middle row, left and center) Curry College students Colette LaRue and Robin Waldman work on the project before joining their classmates for a group photo. (Middle row, right) Jonathan Almeida and Devin Sneed of YouthBuild work on their cards. (Bottom row, left) Durfee High School student Priscilla Vega, YouthBuild student Jay Almas, and YouthBuild student Cory Berard work together on their cards. (Bottom row, center) Jeff Carpenter looks at some of the pop-up cards that participants created as Cecelia Junier of Dartmouth packs them into a box for shipment. |
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