LASpirit
Children’s Health
Fund
Development Office
Community Initiative Foundation -Sister Judith Brun
Capital Area
Human Services District
Youth Oasis/
Safe House
The Big Buddy Program
Starbucks Gulf
Coast Fund
YWCA Early Head
Start
Catholic Charities
Earl K. Long
Hospital
Dow
Jewish Federation of Baton Rouge
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The
Renaissance Village Learning
Center and Family Activity Center
Miller’s RV
Pennington Foundation
LSU Pediatrics,
Mid– City
UJA-Federation
of New York/J-Teen
Thrivant
Baton Rouge
Garden Club
United Jewish
Communities
Baker School
District
GFWC of Baton
Rouge
Literary and
Civic of Baton Rouge
Rabbi Bergadine
and the Beth Shalom Synagogue
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Lagniappe
Club
Central High
School
Hi-Nabor Stores
Health Care
Centers in Schools
Baton Rouge
Area Foundation
Red Stick Storage
P.E.O. Chapter
E
LSU Healthcare
Network
East Baton Rouge School District
East Baton Rouge
Truancy
Assessment Center
Dole
Fleur De Lis
Salvation Army
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Family Talk
& The Hip Hop Doc
The staff
of the Community Support and Resiliency Unit reaches out
to teens at Renaissance Village every Wednesday afternoon
through the Teen Support Group. The group meets at the
Family Center at Rosie’s Village. The group is lead by
LCSW, Toni Bankston and co-facilitated by Oneal, Elizabeth
and MSW intern Tara Charpentier. On average, 15-20 amazing
teens engage in activities and discussions focusing on
social skills, violence prevention, health education and
healthy coping. Teen group meetings always begin with
healthy snacks. Visitors to the teen group include Rita
Dominitz, Deputy Director of the Children’s Health
Fund Mental Health Division, who led a conversation on
the dynamics of communication between parents and their
children. Dr. Rani Whitfield, “tha Hip
Hop Doc”, also paid our group a visit for an evening of
health education. Parents and teens enjoyed Dr. Whitfield’s
hip-hop inspired relationship, health issues education
workshop. Dr. Whitfield helped to dispel myths about sexuality
and answer questions posed by the teens as well as their
parents. For more information on Dr. Whitfield visit his
website at www.thahiphopdoc.com
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