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Archive for the 'Family Support Services' Category

Another Road To Safety

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Front Row: Antionette Garner (ARS Family Advocate), Rosalinda Camarillo (ARS Program Specialist II - Bilingual), Doniece Hill, (ARS Family Advocate)
Back Row: Spring Washam (ARS Program Coordinator), Zakkiyyah Nazeeh (ARS Clinical Director), Danielle Bendorf (ARS Family Advocate)
We are very pleased to introduce the new Another Road to Safety team who joined the program in February 2007. […]

Asthma in West Oakland

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Disturbing Statistics
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20% of the children and 37% of the adults in West Oakland have asthma. Children in West Oakland are seven times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than any other children in California. The Oakland-Berkley Asthma Coalition reviewed hospitalization rates for Alameda County in 1999-2001 and found a 28% increase in […]

Summer Activities Camp

Monday, June 4th, 2007

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St. Patrick / Prescott-Joseph Center
Summer Activities Camp
July 2 – Augest 10, 2007
Monday - Friday
Indoor Soccer Skill Camp
1 – 4 PM
Ages 8-11 yrs.
Boys & Girls
30 Students
eld at Fr. Howard Center, St. Patrick Campus
Basketball Skill Camp
9 – 12 PM
Ages 8-12 yrs.
Boys & Girls
30 Students
Held at Fr. Howard Center, St. Patrick Campus
Theater Camp
10 – 2 PM
Ages […]

“Lady”

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Thoughts about a recent participant in the HEARTs program
By instructor, Carmen Reyes
“Lady, as I know thy power,
I place my hopes in thee;
Thy shrine in Guadalupe’s tower,
My pilgrim’s steps shall see.
Thy welcome ever was most sweet
To those who come in care;
When from this prison I retreat,
I’ll seek thine image there.”
As I look at the portrait […]

“James”

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Philanthropic Ventures Foundation and Prescott-Joseph Center Help Family in Dire Need
by Executive Director Washington Burns, M.D.
On a Thursday afternoon about 3pm, I arrived at PJC after an outside meeting to have the director of a youth project meeting there tell me that one of the students involved in the project had just been burned out […]