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Our Accomplishments in 2007
- Named Ginny Vietti our 1st Volunteer of the Year at our annual Volunteer Appreciation Reception.
- Hired 2 new Case Managers and served 258 clients.
- Moved into a new office space allowing us to serve both teen moms and their children while they’re participating in the GED tutoring program or computer training.
- Increased case management from 25 to 35 teen moms.
- We had four graduates of our program! These moms completed the Independence Plan and are now in College.
- Provided volunteer opportunities for over 113 volunteers who contributed over 1000 hours to help teen moms.
- Raised $174,309 to meet budgetary expenses. This included our 3rd Annual Art Auction, showcasing more than 20 local artists and raised $22,867 and our 2 Wine Tasting Events raising over $4,000.
- Served 200 community teens through the Teen Savvy programs.
- Hosted a wonderful Holiday Party for 33 teen moms and 40 children complete with Santa, lots of toys and happy faces.
- Held our 2nd annual Mother’s Day Picnic and named our first Mother of the Year in honor of Shanbrika Pratt.
- Local volunteer groups held 8 diaper/baby drives providing much needed supplies for our teen moms.
- Hosted a Back to School Drive with dozens of volunteers and businesses providing school supplies for our moms. Everyone received a backpack filled with supplies!
- We coordinated with the University of Texas at Arlington and was appointed our first Social Work Intern, D’Amber Hawthorne!
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