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Oct. 20, 2009:
XTREME HEALTH
Youth Conference
2010 Meeting Dates:
Topic & Locations
TBA
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Student Health OUTreach of Lancaster County (SHOUT) is invested
teens and adults working together to reduce teen pregnancy in Lancaster County
by providing information, advocacy and comphrehensive education for youth
on wellness and healthy relationships.
Our goals are as follows:
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To encourage and support the increase of quality prevention services |
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To educate the community about the need to use a wide variety
of strategies to promote positive health. |
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To secure recognition by community leaders of the need to allocate resources
to promote positive health. |
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To advocate for: |
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comprehensive sexuality education using abstinence-based
strategies
to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections
drug and alcohol abuse prevention among school-aged youth
healthy parent/child, peer and dating relationships for youth |
Do you want to join our amazing group of caring adults and teens who want
to create change in our community? Do you want to invest your time
and talents in teens? Do you want to help mentor teens and help them
make educated, informed choices? If yes, then SHOUT may just be the group
for you!
Our focus is on teen pregnancy prevention, but we also strive to educate
youth on drug and alcohol awareness, tobacco awareness as well as healthy
relationships and more.
All community members are welcome to attend our monthly meetings to see what
we're all about...we meet monthly at the Community Services Center, 630 Janet
Avenue, Lancaster. For more information on meeting times and topics
visit our [events] page.
[Click here] to download
our application packet.
If you have additional questions about our coalition, please contact Patricia
Espinosa, SHOUT member, at 717.824.8117 or by email at
espinosa@uwlanc.org
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