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Teen Line Executive Director Michelle
Carlson, Merrill and Sarah Shindler, Teen Line Founder Dr.
Elaine Leader and Merri Howard
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TEEN LINE HONORS THE
SARAH SHINDLER FAMILY
AT FOOD FOR
THOUGHT LUNCHEON
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THE POWER OF EMPATHY
Outstanding Teen Volunteers Were Also
Honored;
Scandal Actress Katie Lowes Hosted
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Teen Line Founder Dr. Elaine Leader, Board President Jeffrey
Kaplan, Executive Director Michelle Carlson and actress and
luncheon host Katie Lowes (of Scandal) |
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Teen Line
Honorees on stage with their awards |
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Distinguished Service Awardee Laura Lopez and
her mother actress Catherine Bach |
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Teen Advocacy Awardee Elliot Snow and
Outstanding Listener Awardee Natalie Musicant |
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Actor Adam Shapiro and his wife actress
Katie Lowes who hosted the luncheon |
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Cedars-Sinai Senior VP Community Relations &
Development Art Ochoa with his daughter and Teen Line
volunteer Maddie and wife Danielle Ochoa |
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Teen Line, the ground-breaking teen-to-teen
support hotline, honored Teen Line volunteer Sarah Shindler
and her parents Merri Howard and Merrill Shindler with the Family
Advocacy Award at
the Food for
Thought Luncheon, May 25, 2017, at The Beverly Hilton
Hotel, Beverly Hills. Actress Katie Lowes of ABC’s hit show Scandal,
hosted. Additional teen volunteers who were honored
include: Naomi Perez, recipient of the Teen
Hero Award; Dylan Brenner and Natalie Musicant,
recipients of the Outstanding
Listener Awards; Elliot Snow, recipient of the Advocacy
Award; Tommy Attwood, Eshanika Chaudhary and Joy
Flournoy, recipients of the Teen
Voice Awards; and Molly Cody, Audrey Kotick, Laura
Lopez, Claudia Montaner, Alexa Nourafchan, Max Kopelow,
Seungil Lee and Isabella Sarnoff, recipients of the Distinguished
Service Awards. |
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Teen Line receives more than 17,000 calls, texts and emails
each year, providing a safety net for teenagers dealing with
troubled relationships; verbal, emotional or physical abuse;
substance abuse; suicide; peer pressure; cyber bullying and
other challenges. In addition, more than 44,000 participants
annually attend Teen Line events at schools and community
forums. For more information, please visit www.teenlineonline.org. |
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