The eighth annual meeting and award celebration for the B.O.L.D. (Building Our Lives Drug-free) Coalition was held on October 26, 2012 at Stanley Street Treatment & Resources (SSTAR). BOLD Staff Director Craig Gaspard introduced BOLD Advisory Board Chairman Tom Pasternak who opened the meeting and acknowledged the contribution of many people to the effort over the years, Youth Program Director Mike Aguiar was then introduced to present awards to Mayor Flanagan, School Committee Member Mark Costa, and the City's Corporation Counsel Elizabeth Sousa who assisted with passage of five ordinances over the past two years. The meeting concluded with a presentation on Question 3 by Massachusetts Prevention Alliance president Heidi Heilman and a presentation on the dangers of legalizing marijuana by Harvard Medical School Professor of Psychobiology Dr. Bertha Madras. Click here for a  video of the event. Click here for the Herald News article. To see photos of last year's event click here and for the previous year's event, click here. For more information about the BOLD Coalition, funded by a  SAMHSA grant at Stanley Street Treatment & Resources call 508-324-3537.
 

(Top row, left and center)  Amanda Cook from Seven Hills signs in with Julie Charest as Susan Wolfson talks with one of the RPS YEAH! students who sat together with their art teacher, Darlene Pavao, front row right. (Top row, right) Former school committee member Marilyn Roderigues talks with SSTAR Executive Director Nancy Paull. (Row two, left) BOLD Coalition Chairperson Tom Pasternak and Staff Director Craig Gaspard chat with Steppingstone Executive Director Kathleen Schedler-Clark. (Row two, right) Fall River Police Chief Daniel Racine greets a participant while State Representative Paul Schmid greets Fall River Health and Human Service Director Dr. Henry Vaillancourt. (Row three) Youth Program Director Michael Aguiar introduces Summit Award winner Mayor Willilam Flanagan and Community Connection Award recipient School Committee Member Mark Costa. (Bottom row) Summit Award  award recipient Elizabeth Sousa, Massachusetts Prevention Alliance president Heidi Heilman and Harvard Medical School Professor of Psychobiology Dr. Bertha Madras address the audience.