Second graduating class in Ridgeland (Jasper County) on December 23rd, 2010. We wanted to thank one of the participants for letting us use her home so we could finish before the year's end. ¡Muchas gracias!

Graduating class at Bluffton House, in Bluffton. December 22, 2010.

Graduation at The Oaks Apartments in Hilton Head Island.

December 20, 2010.

First graduating class in Bluffton House, apartment #203, in collaboration with Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC). September 22nd, 2010. Also in the picture is Carol who assists us with the post-tests.

Clínica de la Mamá, Hilton Head Island. May 18, 2010.

The Oaks Apartments. August 27, 2010

Graduate of PASOs first prenatal care class in Ridgeland in collaboration with the "Jasper County Hunger Free Zone" and the Pregnancy Center & Clinic of the Lowcountry mobile unit.

July and August 2010

PASOs informational table at ACE Academy,

Ridgeland.

April 24, 2010

Fiesta Latina in Shelter Cove,

Hilton Head Island

June 19, 2010

From right to left: Mily Choy, Lowcountry Legal Aid, Inc.; Maureen Hueyo, Pregnancy Center & Clinic of the Lowcountry, Inc.; Esperanza Ebersole, President of Radio Sol 1430 AM and Yajaira Benet-Smith, PASOs.

Graduate with her family

at Neighborhood Outreach

Connection's site in

The Oaks Apartments,

Hilton Head Island

June 18, 2010

PASOs Beaufort Coordinator Featured in the News

Thursday, September 23, 2010
Today's Woman
Special Section of The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette
PASOs Beaufort Coordinator Yajaira Benet Smith featured as "one of the women who keep our community strong." Carol Weir

Graduation Class DHEC Beaufort 05-28-2010

Class participants

(left to right) Lorena (with William), Lesly, and Amelia (with Greg)

Graduating Class at Clínica de la Mamá

Hilton Head Island, April 27, 2010

Graduating class at Clínica de la Mamá

Hilton Head Island. March 2, 2010.

From left to right: Mariana, Yajaira and Vanessa

Donation of Baby Blankets by the Knitting Ministry

First Presbyterian Church

Hilton Head Island

Picture from left to right: Carolina, Ellen Taylor and Yolanda

PASOs Beaufort Graduation April 23, 2010

The Oaks, Apt. 29 Neighborhood Outreach Connection

Hilton Head Island

Carol Weir (back row second left) Spanish Language intern at University of South Carolina Beaufort, and graduates from left to right: Marlene, Wendy and Teresa.

MARCH OF DIMES "WALK FOR BABIES"

Prize winners Deb Trevithick, Blaine Lyons, Matt Petrofes, and Penny Moore. Prizes donated to PASOs Beaufort by area businesses in support of the walk, held April 17, 2010. Muchas gracias to What's in Store, Octopuses, Bellavista, San Jose Restaurante, and Shawnna Vattimo at Maxines Hair Salon.

Radio Sol 1430 AM
Dinamismo Latino Radio Show hosts:

(back left) Yajaira Benet-Smith

(back right) Esperanza Ebersole
(front right) Gina Scott
(front left) Mily Choy
Weekly radio discussion about Latino community issues such as prenatal care, health, education, resources, and events in the lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia.

March of Dimes-Walk for Babies Beaufort April 17, 2010

Join PASOs Beaufort on April 17, 2010 at Naval Heritage Park in Port Royal, South Carolina. Registration begins at 8:30am and the walk starts at 9:00 am. You can register to walk or support a walker on-line at http://www.marchforbabies.org/
The money raised by this walk supports programs in our community and throughout South Carolina that helps moms have healthy full-term pregnancies. This year the Beaufort Co. Health Dept. walkers are partnering with PASOs Beaufort walkers and community businesses. Community businesses have donated gifts to PASOs Beaufort in support of the Walk for Babies Beaufort.
What's in Store, Bellavista, and Octopuses on St. Helena Island
San Jose Restaurante with two locations in Beaufort and Lady's Island
Maxines colorist & hairstylist - Shawnna Vattimo on Lady's Island.

Contact PASOs Coordinator-Yajaira Benet Smith at pasosbeaufort@gmail.com if you are interested in joining the walk or making a contribution.

M.C.Riley Health Fair. February 27, 2010

Pasos Beaufort Coordinator, Yajaira Benet- Smith participated in the M.C. Riley Elementary Health Fair in Bluffton, South Carolina. Over 300 families attended. Yajaira discussed pregnancy and the importance of prenatal care. She provided folic acid vitamins to women of reproductive age to help prevent birth defects. She also provided fliers and literature containing information about health and wellness for reproductive- aged women, which was also translated in Spanish.