PASOs Beaufort

2011-11-25T05:57:00.000-08:00

Graduation of prenatal class at Ridgeland Family Medicine Center

November 23, 2011

Also in the picture are Nichole Wardlaw, CNM

and Gilbert Araya, MA

2011-11-01T05:40:00.000-07:00

Graduates from the prenatal class held in Hilton Head at The Oaks Apartments, in collaboration with Neighborhood Outreach Connection.

Friday, October 28, 2011.

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Graduating class at Bluffton House, apt. 203

September 28, 2011

Also in the picture: Carol Weir, volunteer assisting with the pre and post-tests and Liliam Villamiel, TCL graduate on Early Childhood Education.

2011-09-03T11:18:00.000-07:00

Health Fair event Saturday, September 3rd., 2011 at Pabellón de la Libertad,

169 Joe Frazier Road, Beaufort, SC.

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Prenatal classes given at Beaufort DHEC, Region 8, during the month of August.

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We would like you to join us and see an 11 minute documentary about the development and work of PASOs. To do so, please go to http://www.scpasos.org/. The documentary, "One PASO at a Time", was created by Gustavo Montaña and premiered in Columbia on August 23, 2011.

We hope you enjoy it!

2011-08-17T06:16:00.000-07:00

PASOs first focus group with program graduates, held at
Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity,
July 25th, 2011
In the picture: graduates and their children, Julie Smithwick-Leone, PASOs Director and Margarita Franco, PASOs new Community Leadership Development Director.

2011-08-17T06:11:00.000-07:00

Graduation on July 21, 2011

Hilton Head Island

2011-07-07T07:41:00.000-07:00

The Benefit Bank of South Carolina

Training at Goodwill Job Center in Beaufort

June 28, 2011

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Migrant Family Festival
St. Helena Early Child Education Cafeteria
June 25, 2011

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Graduates of PASOs prenatal class with Pat C. Wirth, Director and CEO of Hilton Head Regional "Habitat for Humanity" and Carol Weir, who assist us with program testing.

Bluffton, June 22, 2011

2011-06-13T06:03:00.000-07:00

Members of the Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy Alliance (RAP)

Memorial Day Parade

Beaufort

May 30, 2011

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Graduation at Beaufort DHEC May 31st, 2011

2011-05-31T12:36:00.000-07:00

Collaboration of PASOs with The Benefit Bank.

Gullah Festival.

Beaufort May 28, 2011

2011-05-31T12:24:00.000-07:00

PASOs Coordinators Training.

May 9th to the 11th.

Isle of Palms, SC

2011-04-26T06:59:00.000-07:00

One of our PASOs graduates in the prenatal classes held at The Oaks Apartments, Hilton Head Island, during the month of April.

2011-04-19T06:22:00.000-07:00

Research Day at USCB, Bluffton Campus

Lisa Roltsch, RN, BSN

presented her project on PASOs

She won 2nd prize

April 18, 2011

2011-04-19T05:59:00.000-07:00

Opening of the Port Royal Medical Center Stork's Nest

The forth in Beaufort County!

with a Baby Shower & Donation Drive of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority & March of Dimes and Coastal South Tobacco "Pregnant Pause - Brunch & Learn" to educate on the effects of tobacco smoke (second and third hand smoke too) on pregnant women and their babies
April 11, 2011

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Winners of March of Dimes Walk Raffle 2011

(from top to bottom)

Inés from B J Comp Health/WIC office

Lateef from Beaufort Memorial Hospital

and Penny from DHEC Region 8 Beaufort

Thank you for your support and

¡Felicidades!

2011-04-18T16:42:00.000-07:00

March of Dimes Walk

"March for Babies Beaufort"

April 16, 2011

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New graduating class in Bluffton House, apt. 203.

In the photo is Teresa Ullman, NOC Field Coordinator in Bluffton House.

March 23, 2011

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Graduating class in Ridgeland.

My mother, Aveda Rosa, who is visiting from Spain, is among the class participants and their families.

March 22, 2011

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Mass Food Distribution at Jasper County Hunger Free Zone Event

Ridgeland

March 19, 2011

2011-03-29T06:51:00.000-07:00

MC Riley Elementary School Health Fair in Bluffton. February 26, 2011. Many agencies, organizations and private businesses were present at this yearly event: in the pictures: Absolute Total Care and Beaufort County School District.

As well as PASOs

and Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, Inc.

2011-03-29T06:22:00.000-07:00

On March 25th, 2011 the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) has accepted PASOs (Perinatal Awareness for Successful Outcomes) as a Promising Practice in the field of Maternal and Child Health. "The reviewers were very impressed with your efforts to increase healthy pregnancies and newborns and improve reproductive health, especially your program's use of the prenatal empowerment course" indicated Kate Howe, MPH, Program Manager for the AMCHP. Thank you to all of the coalition members of Together for Beaufort County/Adequacy of Prenatal Care Coalition for their continued support to keep PASOs in Beaufort and Jasper Counties.

Local Businesses contribute prizes to March of Dimes Walk Supporters

2011-03-27T05:11:00.001-07:00

March of Dimes walk will start at the Naval Heritage Park- 1 Pickney Blvd, Port Royal, Beaufort SC on April 16, 2011. Please join PASOs Beaufort and Beaufort County Health Department and be a champion for babies by giving every baby the best chance for a healthy start in life!

2011-03-10T11:18:00.000-08:00

Participants to the prenatal class at The Oaks Apartments.

Hilton Head Island.

February 25, 2011

All three graduated in the April session.

2011-02-17T08:23:00.000-08:00

Yajaira hands a donation from La Nopalera Mexican Restaurant -Beaufort- to a Port Royal Medical Center staff member. The donation will assist a local Latino woman to start prenatal care at the Clinic.

2011-02-15T15:14:00.000-08:00

Graduation February 4, 2011

The Oaks Apartments (NOC)

Hilton Head Island

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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!

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

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Graduation at The Oaks Apartments in Hilton Head Island.

December 20, 2010.

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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.

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

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The Oaks Apartments. August 27, 2010

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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

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PASOs informational table at ACE Academy,

Ridgeland.

April 24, 2010

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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.

2010-12-30T09:32:00.000-08:00

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

2010-09-25T03:06:00.000-07:00

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

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Class participants

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

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Graduating Class at Clínica de la Mamá

Hilton Head Island, April 27, 2010

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Graduating class at Clínica de la Mamá

Hilton Head Island. March 2, 2010.

From left to right: Mariana, Yajaira and Vanessa

2010-05-01T13:49:00.000-07:00

Donation of Baby Blankets by the Knitting Ministry

First Presbyterian Church

Hilton Head Island

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

2010-05-01T13:21:00.000-07:00

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.

2010-05-01T12:21:00.000-07:00

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.

2010-05-01T11:42:00.000-07:00

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

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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

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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.

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PASOs Coordinator -Yajaira Benet-Smith presents graduation certificate and Baby Diaper Wreath to PASOs graduate.

PASOs Beaufort Comenzando Bien class at Clinica De La Mama November, 2009.

CHECK OUT THE PASOs SC WEBSITE AND SC MARCH OF DIMES WEBSITE LINKS BELOW. LEARN MORE ABOUT :
COMENZANDO BIEN AND PERINATAL AWARENESS FOR SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES

2009-10-17T04:59:00.000-07:00

Learn How to Make a Baby Shower Wreath Party held October 10, 2009 at Carolyn's house.
Supporters of the PASOs Beaufort Program brought diapers and baby items. These items were used to make baby shower wreaths donated to PASOs Beaufort "Comenzando Bien" Program graduates.