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!