May 2012
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Barbara Keller: Fashioned For Fun’s right hand angel Center. It offers counseling groups for arbara Keller, 65, women who lost their spends her sumbabies and organizes mers volunteering with Beautiful U, a program Fashioned For Fun, a where teen girls learn program set up by the more about their inner Life Choices Family Rebeauty. At the end, they source Center in Monget to participate in a trose. She heard about professional photograthe program through phy session. The center her church and wanted Barbara Keller, left, with some of also provides many to help young girls different services for her girls. learn how to make expecting parents. good decisions while having fun. Keller said Fashioned For Fun is “I really have a heart for kids who always looking for volunteers. are making hurtful choices in their “We need people to help set up lives,� Keller said. and clean up, cooks, photographers, Fashioned For Fun is a summer proand speakers on various topics such gram that helps girls ages 8-18 gain as etiquette and communication,� self-confidence through topics such Keller said. as nutrition, self protection, poise Barbara said the best part of volunand posture, and fashion. The proteering is being able to see a differgram emphasizes good parent-child ence in the girls she works with, relationships, so lessons in better and directing them in a positive communication and activities that indirection. clude both the girls and their parents “I hope that in the future the girls are major components. will be able to find themselves and Keller found that in helping with be strong in their God-given image Fashioned For Fun, she became more of who they are,� Keller said. than a volunteer. She became the If you are interested in volunteerright-hand to the program’s director, ing with the Fashioned For Fun proAnita Daly. gram, or if you know of a girl who “I assist Anita in putting on this might like to participate, contact program by helping with shopping, Daly at 249-4302 or email setting up and coordinating activilifechoicesedu@gmail.com. ■ties,� Keller said. “Pretty much everything and anything.� While helping with the various Fashioned For Fun 2012 parts of the program, Keller said that she not only helped young girls learn Peer pressure, nutrition, hygiene, life skills, but realized some imporself‑defense, communication, modesty tant lessons herself. and dressing for your body type are “I learned that the problem with all topics that will be covered at this teen sexuality runs really deep and year’s Fashioned For Fun event on June really young, younger than I had 23. Now a one day event, all girls ages thought,� Keller said. “Teen girls real8-18 and their mothers are welcome to ly want truthful answers to the quesparticipate. All workshops will be held tions they have about life. I learned at Montrose Christian Church from that the Life Choices Family Resource 1 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Snacks and a Center is not just a pregnancy testing dinner will be provided. It costs $25 center. It is so much more.� to participate, but partial scholarships Fashioned For Fun is one of the are available. many activities of the Life Choices By Liesl Greathouse
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