Camila Chavez at EMPOWERMENT LUNCHEON September 15, 2011

AN BERNARDINO, CALIF. -- Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties' 5th annual Empowerment Luncheon fundraising event featuring keynote speaker Camila Chávez, co-founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, raised funds for community programs like the Young Women's Health Conference — a day of free workshops that provides hundreds of high school-aged women with the tools and information they need to make responsible decisions about their health and relationships.

Chávez spoke of her affiliation with Planned Parenthood and the importance of grassroots advocacy as a means of enacting social change. "We can all contribute to social change. It doesn't just happen with one person -- it takes a group of committed individuals," said Chávez. "Women are the center of change; we are creating advocates to continue our important work for justice."

"We are very fortunate to have such strong community support in San Bernardino County," said Robert Armenta, Jr., vice president of public affairs at Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties. "As Camila teaches us, people truly do have power when they give of themselves. The time and energy that our supporters give is truly the lifeblood of our organization and it is because of them that the men and women of San Bernardino are able to access accurate information and quality health care regardless of their ability to pay."

Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties provides essential reproductive health care, nutrition services, and education programs to more than 127,000 local women and men, regardless of their personal circumstances or ability to pay. We've been building healthy communities since 1965 with the most sophisticated instrument in medicine: accurate information that can help people make the best decisions about their health.

We believe that health care is a basic human right and that prevention is the best medicine, which is why 93% of our services are preventive, including life-saving cancer screenings, well-woman exams, education programs, STD prevention and treatment, family planning, WIC nutritional services, prenatal care, and more.

To learn more about Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties' hotline, hours and other services, please visit someoneyouknow.org, Facebook or Twitter.

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