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"I'm writing this brief note to let you and your staff know how much I appreciate what you all have done for me and my grandsons. Since you started the Swimming Program, I have not been to the Emergency Room, where before I was in the Emergency Room so much it felt like I work there."
- Ms. Thomas, Mother, Boston Asthma Swimming Program |
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ADOLESCENT RESOURCE CENTER
In keeping with the model of the Family Help Desk, volunteers connect adolescents in the Boston Medical Center Adolescent Center with information about child care, job training, cash assistance, health insurance, housing, food, sexually-transmitted diseases, birth control, and parenting.
Using a peer-counseling approach, the undergraduate volunteers serve as a vital link between the adolescents, a significant portion of whom are themselves parents, and critical community resources. ARC volunteers provide the teens particular support in accessing college admissions materials, financial aid information, and college preparatory assistance through the Count on College initiative.
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