Statewide Chair
Mary
McLellan
Heritage
Community Services
Regional
Chairs
Mariscia
Cooper
(Pee
Dee)
Charlie
Lybrand
(Lowcountry)
Lenna
Neill
(Upstate)
Rev. Randy
Riddle
(Grand
Strand)
Dr. Roger
Rollins
(CSRA)
Charlotte
Valentine-Green
(Ace
Basin)
Advisory
Council
Eugene
Bacote
Sumter
School Dist.17
Dr. Vera
Bailey
Hilton
Head Preg. Care Center
Pamela
Berry
Colleton
Fire and Rescue
Dr. Vonda
Calcutt
Lowcountry
Ctr. Diabetes
Sen. Chip
Campsen
Charleston/Berkeley
Rev. Chuck
Coward
Charleston
Outreach
Robin
Crosby
Colleton
County
Ligure
Ellington
Ret.Capt.
Charleston City Police
Dr. Randy
Goings
Chiropractic
Physician
Faye
Hill
Lowcountry
Pregnancy Center & SC Association Pregnancy Care Centers
WC
Hoecke
Fatherhood
Practioner
Leroy
Lewis
Upward
Bound at Cof C
Norman L.
Moore, Jr.
Colonel,
USAFR(Ret)
Cyndi
Mosteller
Comm.
for Higher Education
Alexia
Newman
Carolina
Pregnancy Center
Fred
Payne
Marriage
Savers of Upstate
Jerry &
Barbara Seymour
R&
R Marriage Min.
Ronald
Shoupe
Colleton
County
Dr. A. V.
Strong
A
Better Way, Inc. (Gang Out)
Dr. Robert
Thomas
Pulmonary
Medicine
Pastor
Phil Thrailkill
St.
Luke UMC Hartsville
Kelly
Walker
Upstate
Fatherhood Coalition
May 22, 2009
SC Healthy Family Formation Coalition E-News!
The Real Pregnancy
Crisis by W. Bradford Wilcox
Today’s
Wall Street Journal article explains why college-educated mothers
intentionally and thoughtfully plan their families. Read
more…
Why Be
True
The BTrue Youth Leadership
project of Palmetto Family Council PFC kicked off
their outreach to parents and community leaders in April and May with
luncheons in three regions of the state: Upstate,
Each luncheon featured
presentations by BTrue leaders in their region along with PFC President,
Oran Smith, and BTrue web designer and webmaster, Dave Wilson. Tammy Bryant, Technical Assistant
for Heritage Community
Services, provided insights into the basis for the
Heritage Keepers® curriculum that is used to
train BTrue youth leaders.
The BTrue luncheons were
hosted to assist in forming seven groups of ten high school students in
each region.
Groups have been organized in all three regions, but the Regional
Directors are eager to bring together more.
The BTrue abstinence project
is the only one of its kind in the
Although the BTrue website is
still in its initial stages, a number of student projects have been
featured: essays, blogs on a trip to
Visit the website and join
so that you can view videos and other BTrue projects. There is a special section for
parents who want to keep up with the exciting activities of the youth as
well as learn more ways to relate to their teens.
Be on the cutting edge of
what is happening in abstinence education; check out BTrue. For more information, contact
Carole Walters at carole@palmettofamily.org.
Parents
Speak Up National Campaign (PSUNC)
PSUNC
has all new events over the next couple of months being hosted
around
the country. Come out to one of these free workshops and explore
how
to talk with youth about sex.
Workshops are available for parents and for community leaders. The schedule of these upcoming events is posted at the Virtual Outreach Center. Check the schedule for times and locations.
The South Carolina Healthy Family Formation Coalition (SC HFF Coalition) is organized and staffed by Heritage Community Services. The SC HFF Coalition promotes child and family well-being by providing opportunities for statewide communication about such issues as: adolescent pregnancy, unwed childbearing, fatherlessness, sexual exploitation of our youth, dating violence and domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, gang activity and youth violence.
Coalition members support healthy family formation initiatives that integrate character-based life skills, teen pregnancy prevention with an emphasis on abstinence-centered education, and the importance of fidelity-within-marriage.
Together
we can impact our culture so that forming healthy families becomes a norm,
rather than the exception, for
Please, forward this E-News to interested friends, family and colleagues and ask them to consider joining the Coalition.
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Contact
Mary
McLellan
,
Statewide Chairman
(843)654-7740
ext.122
