Partners for a Healthier Community

Teens Against Drug Abuse (TADA) is a sub-committee of the larger Fall River Area Prevention Coalition organized in early 2005 (now the BOLD Coalition) to address the prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse in Fall River. Currently, the committee is planning a series of activities including participation in the Relay for Life, a six-week summer art program, a fashion show in October, and a debate among mayoral candidates on youth-related issues in the fall. The art program will take place at St. Luke's Church on Warren Avenue on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to Noon for visual arts and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for improv theatre with a break at Noon for lunch. For further information, contact Mike Aguiar at SSTAR at 508-679-5222.

TADA!
(Teens Against Drug Abuse)
Planning
Committee

(Top row, left) Committee members meet every two weeks at the Student Services Center in Durfee High School. (Top row, center, from left) SSTAR Youth Program Director Michael Aguiar talks with committee members Joshua Frias and Jenna Daum. (Top row, right) SSTAR Prevention Specialist Nic Charest also advises the group. (Middle row, right) Student members Sasha Lebitskaya and Meredith Taylor add their suggestions. (Bottom row) Committee chairman Jasiel Correia II leads the committee discussion on plans for the upcoming summer activities.