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(Bridgehampton,
NY) - Over
500 guests
supported
Planned
Parenthood
Hudson
Peconic’s (PPHP)
essential
reproductive
and sexual
health
services and
education
and advocacy
programs on
the East End
on Sunday,
May 29. The
event, now
in its 24th
year, was
held at the
Bridgehampton
Tennis and
Surf Club.
Andy Cohen
of Bravo TV
emceed the
event. Katie
Lee, Beth
Stern,
Dorothy
Lichtenstein,
Loraine
Boyle, Libby
Edelman,
Barry
Sonnenfeld
and Susan
Ringo were
among those
in
attendance.
The event
was
co-chaired
by Michael
Halsband,
Nancy Hessel
Weber and
Susan
Lenoir, and
Junior
Committee
co-chairs
Rebecca and
Todd Cohen,
Stephanie
Paine, and
Tripoli
Patterson.
Over 100
designers
and artists
offered
their works,
including
DanniJo
jewelry,
Mara
Hoffman,
Charlotte
Ronson, Tori
Praver,
Basta Surf,
Bantu,
Gypset, Mary
Heilman,
Bill Komoski,
April Gornik,
Peter
Dayton,
Shelter
Serra,
Lillian
Bassman, and
Michael
Halsband.
Planned
Parenthood’s
six health
centers in
Suffolk,
including
the center
in
Amagansett,
fill a vital
need for
working
class women
and men of
the East End
communities.
95% of
PPHP’s
services are
preventative,
including
lifesaving
cervical and
breast
cancer
screenings,
prenatal
care, and
testing and
counseling
for sexually
transmitted
diseases.
For over 78
years, PPHP
has provided
affordable,
confidential,
and
compassionate
care to
women, men,
and teens.
PPHP works
to protect
the right to
reproductive
freedom, and
offers
education
and training
programs to
improve
parent/child
communication,
peer-to-peer
education,
and a
variety of
other
community
resources.
Planned
Parenthood
Hudson
Peconic, Inc
(PPHP) is
the 15th
largest
affiliate of
Planned
Parenthood
Federation
of America,
and operates
12 health
centers in
Suffolk,
Westchester,
Rockland,
and Putnam
Counties.
In 2010,
PPHP
provided
services to
over 35,000
patients in
nearly
70,000
visits. We
conducted
1,900
education
programs
reaching
over 35,000
youth and
adults, and
mobilized
approximately
10,000
advocates to
protect
reproductive
health care
rights.
PPHP has
served the
community
for 78
years, and
is dedicated
to educating
and
empowering
individuals
to make
responsible
choices
regarding
their
sexuality
and sexual
health.
Planned
Parenthood
has done
more to
reduce the
incidence of
abortion and
unintended
pregnancy
than any
other health
care
provider or
advocacy
group. PPHP
is
headquartered
in Hawthorne
NY. For more
information
about PPHP
services and
programs,
visit
www.pphp.org.
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