The third annual meeting and award dinner for the B.O.L.D. (Building Our Lives Drug-free) Coalition was held on March 15, 2008 at McGovern's Restaurant. The occasion was a time for BOLD to look back on accomplishments and give thanks to those in the community who have helped with the BOLD Coalition’s vision to make Greater Fall River a healthy place for our youth. Awards were given to the Fall River Police Department drug investigation unit for their work on eliminating the sales of drug paraphernalia in local stores and educating parents, Barbara Lamonde for her exemplary volunteer work on behalf of BOLD, and to Arts United for its work in involving youth in the arts. Click here to read the Herald News article about the event. To see photos of last year's event, click here. Click for pictures of this year's Red Ribbon Event and 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, left) Members of Teens Against Drug Abuse (TADA) join SSTAR Youth Program Director Mike Aguiar as they play "poparattzi" greeting people arriving on the red carpet for the Oscar-themed event. (Top row, middle) BOLD award winners included Fall River Police Officer Robert Jacob, Sgt. Daniel Dube, Officer Jay Huard, Barbara Lamonde, Lt. Jeff Cardoza, and Jim Soule, representing Arts United. (Top row, right) TADA member Leeara Hunt, former staff member Nic Charest, Jessica Fernandes of the BOLD Coalition, and Peter Lee of the Massachusetts Partnership for Healthy Communities sampled the cheese before the dinner. (Middle row, left) BOLD Coalition Vice-president Jasiel Correia II welcomes the crowd. (Middle row, right) Fall River School Superintendent Nicholas Fischer talks about the important work that is being done in the community to reduce the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs by young people. (Bottom row, left) TADA members Ross Dexter and Chris Parayno walk to the front of the room to give their slide presentation of the year's activities. (Bottom row, center) Fall River Youth Services Coordinator Christian McCloskey listen as YouthBuild program director Terry Moran speaks on behalf of Tony Almeida who could not be present to accept his Youth of the Year Award given by the Healthy Youth Task Force. (Bottom row, right) BOLD Coalition director Karen Fischer enjoys a dance with her husband, Nick, following the dinner.