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Writer
Loraine
Boyle,
Actress
Blythe
Danner,
Actress
Martha
Plimpton,
Reina
Schiffrin,
Pres/CEO,
PPHP.
Photo by:
Richard
Lewin |
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Hamptons
Benefit
Supports
Essential
Reproductive
and Sexual
Health
Services on
the East End
(Bridgehampton,
NY) - Over
140 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 27.
Emmy and
Tony
award-nominated
actress
Martha
Plimpton,
star of
Raising
Hope,
served as
the
evening’s
guest
speaker.
Actress
Blythe
Danner,
artist April
Gornik,
philanthropist
Dorothy
Lichtenstein,
writer
Loraine
Boyle,
producer
Barry
Sonnenfeld,
artist Eric
Fischl, and
producer/actress
Susan Ringo
lent their
support at
the Silas
Marder
Gallery.
Proper
Attire
condoms by
Isaac
Mizrahi, an
honorary
benefit
committee
member, were
available
for all
guests. The
benefit, now
in its 25th
year, was
chaired by
Jill Scheuer,
chair of
PPHP.
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.
Over 90% 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 79
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.
About
Planned
Parenthood
Planned
Parenthood
Hudson
Peconic, Inc
(PPHP) is
the 16th
largest
affiliate of
Planned
Parenthood
Federation
of America,
and operates
12 health
centers in
Suffolk,
Westchester,
Rockland,
and Putnam
Counties.
In 2011,
PPHP
provided
services to
over 30,000
patients in
over 57,000
visits. We
conducted
over 1,600
education
and training
programs,
reaching
over 26,000
youth and
adults, and
mobilized
over 15,000
advocates to
protect
reproductive
health care
rights.
PPHP has
served the
community
for 79
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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