Representatives of the B.O.L.D. (Building Our Lives Drug-free) Coalition took their program on the road and met with members of the Swansea School Committee on November 6, 2007, to invite Swansea residents to participate in BOLD’s activities and programs. Karen Fischer and Maureen Ryan-Estes also offered to bring BOLD’s parenting and youth drug prevention curriculum to the Swansea school system. BOLD has worked over the past three years to establish substance abuse prevention in the City of Fall River and now seeks to expand the program to the towns of Somerset, Swansea and Westport. For an example of some of the BOLD programs, click here for pictures of this summer's Family Fun Day. For more information about the BOLD Coalition, funded by a  SAMHSA grant, contact Program Director Karen Fischer  at Stanley Street Treatment & Resources at 508-324-3537.
 

(Top row) Maureen Ryan Estes, Fall River's community coordinator and Swansea resident, and BOLD Program Director Karen Fischer met with School Committee members at the School Administration Headquarters. (Middle row, right) School Committee member Michael Berube and Stephen Flanagan listen to the presentation. (Bottom row, left) Shawn Fontaine takes notes on the presentation for a Boy Scout project. (Bottom row, center) Karen Fischer responds to questions from Assistant Superintendent Christine M. Stanton and School Committee Members Dawn Fraites and Deborah Martelly.