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Events and Programs
St. Louis: Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (TASH) meeting
Date:
| August 4, 2008 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | second and fourth Wednesday of every month | | Location: | 4251 Forest Park Avenue, St Louis, MO 63108 | | Organization: | Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (TASH) | | Description: | Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (TASH) is a teen group in St. Louis that meets at the Planned Parenthood of the Central West End in St. Louis, MO. TASH members talk about issues that affect the sexuality of teens in the St. Louis area, including sexual health education in schools, pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, healthy relationships, and much more! TASH meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 4251 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108. Food is always plentiful, and transportation will be provided if necessary. | | Contact Information: | Teens interested in joining TASH should contact Judy Lipsitz at 314-531-7526, ext 339 or at judy.lipsitz@ppslr.org |
The Info Place
Date:
| September 10, 2007 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. every Thursday during the school year | | Location: | 933 Liberty Avenue, 1st Floor, Pittsburgh, PA | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania | | Description: | The Info Place was created to provide accurate sexual health information to teens and young adults. It's a friendly space staffed by knowledgeable, non-judgmental Planned Parenthood educators and volunteers. We welcome visits with questions about contraceptive options, sexually transmitted infections, gynecological exams, pregnancy testing and counseling, abortion services, healthy relationships, emergency contraception, etc. All discussions and personal information are kept confidential. | | Contact Information: | For more information, please contact Sue Steele at (412)434-8957 x115 or ssteele@ppwp.org |
Join Teen Council 2007-2008!
Date:
| May 31, 2007 (ongoing) | | Location: | Portland Metro, Marion County, and Bend Area, Oregon, OR | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette | | Description: | Teen Councils are unique opportunities for teens aged 15–18 to gain valuable information, increase their leadership skills, and make a difference in their communities. The Teen Council is a yearlong peer education program with 50 hours of intensive training, which includes a retreat for the group. The group continues to meet throughout the year to receive further training and to plan and provide creative, informational, and exciting programs for their peers as well as for their larger community. Applications are available online in both English and Spanish. | | Contact Information: | In Portland Metro please call (503) 775-4931 x2240, in Marion County call (503) 363-8159, and in the Bend Area call (541) 317-9388 or you can e-mail us at education@ppcw.org. |
Teen Board
Date:
| March 6, 2007 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Every Monday at 6:00 p.m. | | Location: | 211 9th Street, South Great Falls, MT | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Montana | | Description: | Got questions? Get answers! If you are in high school and want to be a peer educator, come sit-in on a meeting. This is an opportunity to gather with other peers and discuss issues related to healthy sexuality and Planned Parenthood. Topics include the importance of healthy relationships, birth control, sexually transmitted infections, teen pregnancy, communication, sexual harassment, and more! We present this information within our communities through tabling, workshops, and school presentations. We also provide food and fun! Be the friend with the facts!
| | Contact Information: | For more information, please contact Kate Everhart, (406) 454-3432 or kate.everhart@ppmontana.org
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Teen Board
Date:
| March 6, 2007 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Every Wednesday from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | | Location: | 318 N. Last Chance Gulch Suite 2C, Helena,, MT | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Montana | | Description: | Got questions? Get answers! If you are in high school and want to be a peer educator, come sit-in on a meeting. This is an opportunity to gather with other peers and discuss issues related to healthy sexuality and Planned Parenthood. Topics include the importance of healthy relationships, birth control, sexually transmitted infections, teen pregnancy, communication, sexual harassment, and more! We present this information within our communities through tabling, workshops, and school presentations. We also provide food and fun! Be the friend with the facts!
| | Contact Information: | For more information, please contact Katy Redd (406) 457-2469 or katy.redd@ppmontana.org
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Teen Board
Date:
| March 5, 2007 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. | | Location: | 100 W. Wicks Lane, Billings, MT 59101 | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Montana | | Description: | Got questions? Get answers! If you are in high school and want to be a peer educator, come sit-in on a meeting. This is an opportunity to gather with other peers and discuss issues related to healthy sexuality and Planned Parenthood. Topics include the importance of healthy relationships, birth control, sexually transmitted infections, teen pregnancy, communication, sexual harassment, and more! We present this information within our communities through tabling, workshops, and school presentations. We also provide food and fun! Be the friend with the facts!
| | Contact Information: | For more information, please contact Dana Morrell at (406) 869-5046 or email dana.morrell@ppmontana.org
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Teen Board
Date:
| March 5, 2007 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Every Monday from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. | | Location: | TBA, Kalispell, MT | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Montana | | Description: | Got questions? Get answers! If you are in high school and want to be a peer educator, come sit-in on a meeting. This is an opportunity to gather with other peers and discuss issues related to healthy sexuality and Planned Parenthood. Topics include the importance of healthy relationships, birth control, sexually transmitted infections, teen pregnancy, communication, sexual harassment, and more! We present this information within our communities through tabling, workshops, and school presentations. We also provide food and fun! Be the friend with the facts!
| | Contact Information: | For more information, please contact Jenn Phalen (406) 756-6663 #1 or jenn.phalen@ppmontana.org
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Teen Services Walk-In
Date:
| February 15, 2007 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Every Thursday 2-6 pm | | Location: | 1301 Jefferson Avenue, Toledo, OH 43697 | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio | | Description: | Free HIV testing
STI testing and treatment
Emergency contraception
Pregnancy testing
PAP smears
Birth control
Education information
Sliding Fee Scale - fees assessed by income
Give-away bags and teen friendly staff
| | Contact Information: | Fatima Pervaiz
(419) 255-1115 Ext. 336
Fatima.Pervaiz@ppnwo.org |
The Spectrum - LGBTQA teen safe haven
Date:
| October 26, 2006 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Wednesday evenings 5:30-7:30 | | Location: | 48 South Fourth Street - Use the Franklin Street Entrance, Reading, PA 19602 | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of North East Pennsylvania | | Description: | Weekly education, recreation, socialization and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender teens and their allies, ages 14-18.
| | Contact Information: | Amber Brown, 610-685-0888, ppnortheastpa@ppfa.org |
Planned Parenthood of Austin Family Planning has a new Teen Clinic!
Date:
| October 26, 2006 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Monday-Friday from 2:00-6:30 P.M., and on Saturday | | Location: | 1823 East 7th Street, Austin, TX 78702 | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region | | Description: | Planned Parenthood of Austin Family Planning has a new Teen Clinic!
Birth control including emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, HIV testing & counseling, STI testing & treatment, and sexuality education & activities are offered Monday-Friday from 2:00-6:30 P.M., and on Saturday from 9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Teen services are free or at reduced cost and are specially geared towards teens.
| | Contact Information: | 512-477-5846
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Teen Board
Date:
| January 6, 2006 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. | | Location: | Billings Deaconess Hospital, Billings, MT | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Montana | | Description: | Members of the Teen Board are trained in the Responsible Choices® curriculum to become peer sex educators. Members provide accurate sexual health information by doing presentations throughout their community to teens, younger children, and adults.
| | Contact Information: | For more information, please contact Susan at (406) 869-5045. |
STARS (Students Teaching About Responsible Sexuality)
Date:
| January 6, 2006 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Every Thursday night 4:00-7:00 p.m. | | Location: | 345 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, New Haven, CT | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Connecticut | | Description: | Do you live or go to school in the Greater New Haven, CT, area? Are you in high school? Do you want to learn more about healthy sexuality and help your peers learn more about healthy sexuality, too? If you answered "yes" to these questions, apply to be a member of STARS (Students Teaching About Responsible Sexuality), the Planned Parenthood of Connecticut peer education program. | | Contact Information: | For more information and/or application, please contact Deborah at (203) 865-5158.
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Teen Mentoring Program
Date:
| January 6, 2006 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Flexible depending on the schedule of the participants | | Location: | (Please call for specific location.), Chittenden County, VT | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | | Description: | Want to hang out with a college student in your area? We are looking for teens, ages 16 and up, to be matched with college mentors to hang out, go to the movies, have coffee, and share interests. Wouldn't it be nice to have an older person in your life who remembers what it was like to be a teenager?
| | Contact Information: | For more information, please contact Kristin Fontaine at (802) 288-8424 or kfontaine@ppnne.org.
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Teen clinics
Date:
| December 5, 2005 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Weekday afternoons; hours vary from clinic to clinic | | Location: | Call the number below to locate the health center nearest you., Bellevue, Bremerton, Everett and more..., WA | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Western Washington | | Description: | Confidential low-cost or free services for teens are offered on special afternoons at the above health centers. No appointment is necessary. Walk-ins are welcome. Call the center nearest you for hours of operation. | | Contact Information: | Call toll-free at 1-800-230-PLAN for the teen clinic nearest you. |
The Teen Awareness Group
Date:
| October 4, 2005 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | 4:30-6:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. | | Location: | 302 E Stoughton Street, Champaign, IL 61820 | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois | | Description: | The Teen Awareness Group hosts fun drop-in sex education meetings for any teen between the ages of 14 and 18. Come talk with other teens about relationships, birth control, pregnancy, safer sex, choices, and more! | | Contact Information: | For more information, please call or e-mail Ariel at (217) 359-4768, x114 or aclemenzi@ppeci.org.
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Teen Talk!
Date:
| September 15, 2005 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | 5:30-7:00 p,m. | | Location: | 330 North Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, MD 21201 | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Maryland | | Description: | Teen Talk is a monthly discussion program run by teens for teens. It's fun and informal and there are always refreshments and prizes! Planned Parenthood Peer Educators develop and facilitate these sessions on the third Thursday of every month, September through May. These programs cover a wide range of topics, from birth control to healthy relationships. | | Contact Information: | Email teencontact@ppmaryland.org or call (410) 576-2161 for more information. |
Rainbow Room LGBTQA Youth Center Programs
Date:
| July 29, 2005 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | Doylestown — Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 p.m. | | Location: | 301 S. Main Street, Suite 2E, Doylestown, PA 18901, Doylestown, PA | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County | | Description: | Weekly education, advocacy, and recreation programs for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and allied youth 14 to 21 years old. | | Contact Information: | Christine Gordon, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org, 215-348-0558, ext 65 |
SexSmart - A Drop-in Sex Education Class
Date:
| July 28, 2005 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | 5:15 - 6:30 pm every Thursday | | Location: | 1425 Creech Rd., Naples, FL 34103 | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of Collier County | | Description: | SexSmart is a fun, free, co-ed, drop-in sex education class every Thursday. | | Contact Information: | For more information please contact Kim at (239)262-8923 ext. 301. |
Project T.R.U.S.T. (Teaching Responsibility & Understanding of Sexuality & Teen Development
Date:
| July 23, 2005 (ongoing) | | Event Time: | 3:30-7:00 p.m. every Monday, Teen Clinic 3:30-7:00 p.m. every Wednesday | | Location: | 693 Capital Ave., S.W., Battle Creek, MI 49015 | | Organization: | Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan | | Description: | Project T.R.U.S.T. is a teen peer education program that works to provide comprehensive sexuality education to Calhoun County, MI, in the hopes of decreasing the teen pregnancy and STI rates while improving healthy sexuality.
| | Contact Information: | For more information please contact Willo at (269) 964-0885 ext. 105. |
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