Los Angeles Teenshop

losangeles@teenshop.org

officers

• Dr. Judy Hunter-Davis, M.D., Regional Director
• Diana Henderson, Executive Director
• Cynthia Clark, Program Director
• Patricia Johnson, Community Service Director
• Veronica Little, Treasurer
• Laura Breland, Secretary

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 at a woman's shelter. We participated in a voter registration drive with the national Council of Negro Women and volunteered our services in a Christmas Child program sponsored by a local church. The girls assembled boxes of personal care products and toys for children in developing countries to be delivered in time for Christmas. By far our most exciting community service 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, University of San Diego, and University of California at Irvin for an overnight program. Our UCLA tour was led by one of our very own Teenshop alumna. We worked in a collaborative partnership with Girls Inc., a national program that encourages girls to be Strong, Smart and Bold. Our teens were offered internships and education funds, and four Teenshop members received college scholarships, one in the amount of ten thousand dollars. We are proud that one of our former members, Eva Marcille Pigford, won the television competition to become America's Next Top Model.