Women's Health Specialists is once again participating in the National Network of Abortion Funds Bowl-a-thon! This fundraiser will benefit our very own Women in Need program, which provides pregnant people in need of an abortion with financial assistance for a procedure, bus ticket, childcare, or anything else a person may need in order to access reproductive health services.
Our Chico clinic is raising money with a "Virtual" Bowl-a-thon, and Redding's Bowl-a-thon this weekend was a huge success! Sacramento's Bowl-a-thon is THIS Saturday from 2 - 4pm! National Activist and Writer Katie Klabusich, Sacramento Take Back the Night and members of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California will be joining us to bowl for this wonderful cause!
On April 18th, we join reproductive justice organizations all over the state in celebrating Reproductive Freedom Week! During this week, we will raise funds for the
Women in Need fund in our clinics and distribute information about our reproductive justice advocacy priorities for this legislative session, which include:
SB 23 -
Repeal the Maximum Family Grant rule! The MFG Rule is California's policy of denying financial support to babies born while their families are receiving CalWORKs basic needs grants.The MFG Rule endangers the health and wellbeing of infants born into poverty and intentionally limits the reproductive decisions of poor women.
SB 999 -
This bill makes dispensing a 12-month supply of birth control a best practice in the commercial and Medi-Cal managed care settings and for these reasons, WHS supports SB 999
WHS is thrilled to be participating in the Big Day of Giving for the first time! May 3rd, 2016, from midnight to midnight, WHS will be raising funds through bigdayofgiving.org ! Mark your calendars to donate on May 3rd, and spread the word on social media!
April is Natonal Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council invited WHS staff and Youth Peer Outreach Workers to attend their "Redding Pinwheel Garden of Hope"event on March 31th, 2016 in Redding. The clinic has even started its own pinwheel garden! Check out shastacapcc.org for more information and details.
WHS Redding is also sponsoring the Celebrating Life Youth Pow Wow & Health Fair on April 30th!
WHS Sacramento is participating in the
1 in 3 Campaign's 2016 Artivism project "Our Stories will not be Erased," so look out for free copies of the graphic novel in the clinic and at tabling events during Reproductive Freedom Week April 18th - April 22nd.
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