FYI (For Your Information)
FYI, Planned Parenthood's new peer-guidance program in Knoxville, is celebrating the completion of its first year! During the Party, FYI teens will reveal their photography project: Framing Choice: What Choice Means to Me. Please join the teens, their parents and PPMET supporters in celebrating FYI's first year!
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
5:30-8:00pm
The Emporium's Three Flights Up Gallery
1000 South Gay Street
This event is free, but donations are accepted!
Photography from the FYI teens will be available for purchase.
Please rsvp to jeannae@ppmet.org.
FYI (For Your Information) began in 2008 with a group of high school students dedicated to providing their peers with accurate sexual health information. The purpose of the program is to train Knoxville area teens to become peer educators who will in turn help other teens avoid unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by making healthy decisions. The teens are required to attend 40 hours of training/skills building (taught by PPMET staff and community experts), complete 100 informal educational contacts with their peers, and complete a community service project to graduate from the program.
The FYI teens accomplish the goals of the program by responding accurately to questions from their peers about family communication, decision making, human sexuality, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, birth control, community resources and more. They encourage their peers to engage in healthy behaviors that can help them avoid teen pregnancy and STIs.
FYI is supported through private donations. For more information, please contact:
Ginny, Community Health Educator
ginnyw@ppmet.org
865-694-7155 ext. 3
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