BOLD Coalition
What is the BOLD Coalition?
B.O.L.D. (Building Our Lives Drug Free) is a substance abuse prevention coalition comprised of community volunteers, agency representatives, educators,city government, school representatives, and youth. We use evidence-based programs and practices to accomplish our objectives.
Easy Steps to Making your New Years Resolutions Come True by Lisa Pires
In Japan, people write their New Year’s Resolutions on a piece of paper and leave them hung up on their walls all year. Even if they fall short of their goal—for example they start smoking after they quit—the paper is there to remind them to start over again. Hold on. Wait a minute now. If you are like me, the idea of hanging resolutions on the wall is a terrifying prospect. When New Years is around the corner, we panic. Ah well, don’t look now but it’s that time of year again which many of us dread, when we are “supposed” to buckle down and make those New Year’s resolutions. How about we do something different this year and take the fear out of the whole proposition?
The holiday season is nearing its end and it’s now a time for fresh starts, new beginnings and turning the page of that new book. The first trick for bringing about positive change in our lives is to take things slow and to be kind to ourselves. Though we do not have to hang our resolutions on the wall, perhaps we can adapt some of the Japanese people’s faith in them and try to look them straight on, all year round. In order to do this, we need a change in our way of being and doing. Breaking down our New Year’s goals, can make it easier.
Please click "Read more" to find out what steps help to keep New Years Resolutions on track.
National Youth Violence Week Has Begun!
NYVPW is finally here. We have a lot going on this week ! 
Monday 3/21: Amazing Race/Scavenger hunt (Postponed until further notice due to inclement weather)
Tuesday 3/22: Boys and Girls Club. Breaking a world record for the most jumping jacks.
http://myfallriver.org/content/come-break-guinness-world-record-boys-gir...
Wednesday 3/23: Youth VOICE movie night held at CD Recreation at 6:30pm. Movie: The Gridiron Gang !
National Youth Violence Prevention Week!
National Youth Violence Prevention Week is getting close! We have a lot of activities being planned thus far: Peaceful Coalition will be holding an assembly for Durfee High school to put on a performance. The Freedom Writers from Durfee High will be going to elementary/middle schools to read to the children. The Boys and Girls Club will be making a mural!
Keep Track of Your Fitness Challenge Progress
The Fitness Challenge is on! Challenge participants will weigh in twice per month at one of the designated weigh-in locations (continue weighing in at your first weigh-in location). The Challenge runs through May and includes ongoing events to help keep you on track. The Fitness Challenge website has a calendar of all Fitness Challenge events and weigh-in weeks.
Your weigh-in location will track your progress for you. However, if you would like to track your progress on your own, you can do so using MyFallRiver.org. Just click "create an account" over on the right, and create a username and password if you haven't already. Be sure to join the Fall River Fitness Challenge group to report your progress confidentially and to keep up with everything Challenge-related.
Contact Beth Ayer at bayer@myfallriver.org for questions about using MyFallRiver.org.
National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Join the campaign against youth violence
March 21 - March 26 is National Youth Violence Prevention Week
The goal of this campaign is to raise awareness, and to educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the community on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence.
Youth Violence Prevention Week!
Join the campaign against youth violence
March 21 - March 26 is National Youth Violence Prevention Week
The goal of this campaign is to raise awareness, and to educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the community on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence.
Visit: www.violencepreventionweek.org for ideas on violence prevention activities.
For more information or to register an activity, contact Jessica Wong at JB.Wong@yahoo.com or Christian McCloskey at christiantmcc@usa.net
Peaceful Coalition Launches New Website!
Peaceful Coalition is now on the web at http://www.peacefulcoalition.org. Check out what the groups are up to, the history of the organization, partners in the community, and other resources!
2nd Annual Fall River Children's Healthy Heart Festival
2nd Annual Fall River Children's Healthy Heart Festival
Saturday, February 12, 2011
11:00am - 2:00pm
CD Recreation
72 Bank Street, Fall River
FREE ADMISSION!
Free snacks and drinks
Entertainment, Fun Activities, Arts & Crafts, and Face Painting
Awesome Prize Giveaways for the Entire Family (Wii, iPods, and more!)
Fun and Educational Ways to Learn about Your Health
For more information, contact Michaela Gagne Hetzler at 508-567-4944.
Location
BOLD Coalition Town Hall Meeting!
Town Hall
Project Assert
Project ASSERT is a program at the hospital that facilitates access of patients to primary care, clinical preventive services, and when needed, to the drug and alcohol treatment network. Health Promotion Advocates (HPAs) work with patients in the Emergency Department.
Legislative Breakfast
10th Annual Legislative Breakfast
Location
Gangs or just a group of friends?
Yes! Gangs are recruiting your kids. In the past few years, many group of kids have formed their oun gang with their oun respective idea. Im not saying this is a bad thing, but seriously look at what your kids are getting into. They go to school, they meet new friends, and somethimes they don't feel like they fit in and there's plenty of BS going on at home and they feel as if their new friends are their new family.
Fall River Children's Healthy Heart Festival
Location
Friday Night Flicks
Arts United & The First Congregational Church Present:
Friday Night Flicks
Guiding Good Choices
Parent Workshop and Discussion Group
Location
Youth Arts Center
Just returned from an organizing meeting for a new youth arts center. The interim planning group chose the name YEAH! Youth experiencing artistic hope! The planning group grew out of a BOLD initiative to spark more options for youth to participate in positive activities. An out of school arts center was missing in the array of youth activities available to Fall River teens. The group is working on finding a temporary site to get started, forming
BOLD Annual Meeting and Award Reception
BOLD Annual Meeting and Award Reception
SSTAR Training Room
386 Stanley St.
Fall River,MA
RSVP mbrisson@sstar.org by May 27, 2009
Program Agenda
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