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Project HOPE and Teen Health Center
Beverly Hart Pittman, Director of Project HOPE and Teen Health CenterProject HOPE (Healthy Options, Positive Effects) is a teen pregnancy prevention program
managed by Richland Community Health Partners and funded by the New Morning Foundation to serve teens in the Eau Claire and surrounding communities.
managed by Richland Community Health Partners and funded by the New Morning Foundation to serve teens in the Eau Claire and surrounding communities.
At the Teen Health Center, we offer FREE CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES to teens.
Our mission is to reduce teen pregnancy and promote healthy behaviors among youth. The primary message teens receive is “don’t engage in sexual activities before you are married”; and the secondary message is “but, if you do protect yourself.” The staff members are: Beverly Hart Pittman, MSW, LISW, Director; Shanta Pinckney, RN, Nurse; Dorthea Lewis, MHP, Community/Faith-Based Coordinator; and Cassandra Lindsey-Nesbitt, MSW, School-Based Coordinator.
The Teen Health Center, located at 4419 Fair Street, offers FREE CONFIDENTIAL Services to teens Monday thru Friday from 2:30 PM until 6:00 PM and by appointment. We offer free pregnancy testing, free SDT (sexually Transmitted diseases) testing and free birth control (pills, Nuva Ring, Depo shots, condoms and film). The Morning After Pill (EC) will soon be available. Teens visiting the Center can use our computer, read, play board games, listen to music or ‘just talk’ to the staff. The nurse is available by phone at 351-4478.
Recently, a teen reported that “The Teen Health Center has inspired me. As I come to the Teen Health Center I learn more and more. The Teen Health Center has made me realize how important things in life are. I never knew how serious the STDs are that are going around in South Carolina today. They can have such bad consequences; and look so disgusting. The Teen Health Center is a great place to go to talk and find out new things about life.” -Olivia
It truly takes a village to address teen pregnancy. Project HOPE staff also joins schools, community and faith-based agencies in the Eau Claire community to plan and implement programs and activities to reach youth, parents and youth advocates. These programs/activities address abstinence; puberty; good decision making and communication skills; sexuality; sexually transmitted diseases; contraception; and relationship issues. We have held Teen Grill and Chill workshops; Becoming a Responsible Teen Program; Spirituality and Sexuality Workshop series; and Keeping it Real Faith-Based Program for teens and adults. According to evaluations, participants report that Project HOPE/Teen Health Center events are: well organized; held in a warm, loving environment; educational; offer very good, important information on needed issues; and I love the positive affect they have on our community.
For additional information about Project HOPE/Teen Health Center’s services and upcoming events, please call Beverly Hart Pittman at 253-7521 or Dorthea Lewis at 733-5449. The website address is www.myspace.com/teenhealthcenter
Our mission is to reduce teen pregnancy and promote healthy behaviors among youth. The primary message teens receive is “don’t engage in sexual activities before you are married”; and the secondary message is “but, if you do protect yourself.” The staff members are: Beverly Hart Pittman, MSW, LISW, Director; Shanta Pinckney, RN, Nurse; Dorthea Lewis, MHP, Community/Faith-Based Coordinator; and Cassandra Lindsey-Nesbitt, MSW, School-Based Coordinator.
The Teen Health Center, located at 4419 Fair Street, offers FREE CONFIDENTIAL Services to teens Monday thru Friday from 2:30 PM until 6:00 PM and by appointment. We offer free pregnancy testing, free SDT (sexually Transmitted diseases) testing and free birth control (pills, Nuva Ring, Depo shots, condoms and film). The Morning After Pill (EC) will soon be available. Teens visiting the Center can use our computer, read, play board games, listen to music or ‘just talk’ to the staff. The nurse is available by phone at 351-4478.
Recently, a teen reported that “The Teen Health Center has inspired me. As I come to the Teen Health Center I learn more and more. The Teen Health Center has made me realize how important things in life are. I never knew how serious the STDs are that are going around in South Carolina today. They can have such bad consequences; and look so disgusting. The Teen Health Center is a great place to go to talk and find out new things about life.” -Olivia
It truly takes a village to address teen pregnancy. Project HOPE staff also joins schools, community and faith-based agencies in the Eau Claire community to plan and implement programs and activities to reach youth, parents and youth advocates. These programs/activities address abstinence; puberty; good decision making and communication skills; sexuality; sexually transmitted diseases; contraception; and relationship issues. We have held Teen Grill and Chill workshops; Becoming a Responsible Teen Program; Spirituality and Sexuality Workshop series; and Keeping it Real Faith-Based Program for teens and adults. According to evaluations, participants report that Project HOPE/Teen Health Center events are: well organized; held in a warm, loving environment; educational; offer very good, important information on needed issues; and I love the positive affect they have on our community.
For additional information about Project HOPE/Teen Health Center’s services and upcoming events, please call Beverly Hart Pittman at 253-7521 or Dorthea Lewis at 733-5449. The website address is www.myspace.com/teenhealthcenter
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