Los Angeles Teenshop, an after-school program for teenage girls

About Our Chapter

Los Angeles Teenshop was founded in 1994 by Dr. Judy Hunter-Davis, MD, who also serves as the Regional Director.

Community Service has been an exciting activity for our chapter through the years. We provided books and set-up a children's library. We participated in Voter Registration drives with the National Council of Negro Women, and volunteered our services in a women's shelter, offering the children books and Christmas gifts as well as a Christmas meal. We have provided holiday cheer to hospitalized patients, and helped refurbish a home of a disabled senior citizen. We raised over $1000 to help find a Cure for Diabetes. We sent backpacks filled with school supplies to South Africa. The girls assembled boxes of personal care products and clothing for the Welcome House of Maissade Orphanage for girls in Haiti. We fed the homeless at a 5 star restaurant for Thanksgiving. By far our most exciting community service activity was a trip to Trinidad/Tobago where some of our members worked alongside health care professionals, including Dr. Judy Hunter-Davis, to provide medical services to indigent residents and others in need.

Our teens have traveled the coast of California to visit college campuses, including University of California at Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, Univ. of San Diego, Pepperdine, Loyola, USC, Clairmont Colleges, Cal State Dominguez, UC Northridge and University of California at Irvine for an overnight program. Our UCLA tour was led by one of our very own Teenshop alumna. Another Teenshop alumna, Eva Marcille Pigford, won the television competition to become one of America's Next Top Models. We also participated in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Community Outreach Program.

Over the last 16 years LA Teenshop has had a lot of exciting experiences. We have learned to Kayak, taken a train ride to Santa Barbara's beaches and participated in the LA City Homeless Walk. At one of our first Crystal Stair Programs held at a Four Seasons Hotel, the girls met an acting legend, Sidney Poitier, and that same year he sent a generous contribution to our chapter. We have been honored to have the 1st Black Miss California, Ms. Paula Bond, teach our teens social graces and etiquette. Los Angeles, the only chapter west of the Mississippi, is proud to be part of Teenshop's first 25 years.

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	Officers Dr. Judy Hunter-Davis, M.D., Regional Director Diana Henderson, Executive Director Cynthia Felecia Clark, Program Director Chavonne LeNoir, Community Service Director and Alumna Lori Ridgeway, Treasurer losangeles@teenshop.org About Our Chapter Los Angeles Teenshop was founded in 1994 by Dr. Judy Hunter-Davis, MD, who also serves as the Regional Director. Community Service has been an exciting activity for our chapter through the years. We provided books and set-up a children's library. We participated in Voter Registration drives with the National Council of Negro Women, and volunteered our services in a women's shelter, offering the children books and Christmas gifts as well as a Christmas meal. We have provided holiday cheer to hospitalized patients, and helped refurbish a home of a disabled senior citizen. We raised over $1000 to help find a Cure for Diabetes. We sent backpacks filled with school supplies to South Africa. The girls assembled boxes of personal care products and clothing for the Welcome House of Maissade Orphanage for girls in Haiti. We fed the homeless at a 5 star restaurant for Thanksgiving. By far our most exciting community service activity was a trip to Trinidad/Tobago where some of our members worked alongside health care professionals, including Dr. Judy Hunter-Davis, to provide medical services to indigent residents and others in need. Our teens have traveled the coast of California to visit college campuses, including University of California at Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, Univ. of San Diego, Pepperdine, Loyola, USC, Clairmont Colleges, Cal State Dominguez, UC Northridge and University of California at Irvine for an overnight program. Our UCLA tour was led by one of our very own Teenshop alumna. Another Teenshop alumna, Eva Marcille Pigford, won the television competition to become one of America's Next Top Models. We also participated in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Community Outreach Program. Over the last 16 years LA Teenshop has had a lot of exciting experiences. We have learned to Kayak, taken a train ride to Santa Barbara's beaches and participated in the LA City Homeless Walk. At one of our first Crystal Stair Programs held at a Four Seasons Hotel, the girls met an acting legend, Sidney Poitier, and that same year he sent a generous contribution to our chapter. We have been honored to have the 1st Black Miss California, Ms. Paula Bond, teach our teens social graces and etiquette. Los Angeles, the only chapter west of the Mississippi, is proud to be part of Teenshop's first 25 years. View chapter slideshow Los Angeles Teenshop Executive Director Diana Henderson and Aaliyah Henderson, her daughter and a chapter member, participated in a 5K walk to support Step Out Walk Diabetes. Diana and Aaliyah collected over $300 in donation pledges.