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Welcome to the Florence Crittenton Press Room where you can find articles, news and other information about Florence Crittenton activities. Click here to read our spring newsletter.

Florence Crittenton receives $10,000 grant from PPL Montana
Today Florence Crittenton was presented with a check for $10,000 from PPL Montana.  The funds will go towards the budgeting and money management component of Crittetnon’s independent living skills training for the center’s teen moms.
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Room to grow and explore
Young mothers at Florence Crittenton are using the garden to help them teach their children about exploration.
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'Precious' girls do exist.
This weekend's Parade magazine featured an article about Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry's new movie with the most buzz at this year's Sundance Film Festival, "Precious." The movie will be released in major cities next week and hopefully in Helena shortly thereafter.
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Loving Your Baby program prepares young women for birthing process
Andrea Ogeda didn't plan to get pregnant, and because of that, says she was unprepared for giving birth or motherhood.
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Year End Report to our Major Donors
Happy new year!  Fiscal year 2009 ended last month and we are writing to share how your support made it a great year.  As a contributor to Florence Crittenton, you are a special partner to the girls and babies who live, learn and thrive here.  We’re grateful.
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Crittenton kitchen gets redo
Danny Huggler, a 15-year-old resident at the Florence Crittenton Home, no longer has to worry about her 9-month-old son Rodney getting his tiny fingers cut by deteriorating cabinets or curiously flipping the garbage-disposal switch that used to be within toddler reach.
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Woodbury ReportsSite Visit
In an unassuming one-story building in a quiet, residential neighborhood in Helena, Montana, some truly amazing work focused on an attachment and bonding is happening with pregnant and parenting teens.
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Barbara Burton – Executive Director of Florence Crittenton receives the 10th Annual Interagency Committee for Change by Women, Excellence in Leadership Award
Barbara Burton was today awarded the ICCW 10th Annual Excellence in Leadership Award.
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Pathways to Success
At Florence Crittenton, we believe that the birth of a baby offers a unique opportunity for change and growth in the life of a teen mother and her extended family.
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Loving Your Baby from the Inside Out
Group for Pregnant Teens Offers Opportunity for Learning and Support
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Young, pregnant & informed
Kele Spaulding likes school, gets good grades and hopes someday to open a greenhouse business with her mother.
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Loving your Baby from the Inside Out: Florence Crittenton Home Receives $3,300 Grant from March of Dimes
To further the March of Dimes mission of improving the health of babies, they have generously granted Florence Crittenton Home with $3,300 for the non-profit’s new and unique Loving your Baby from the Inside Out classes and therapy. Loving your Baby from the Inside Out increases pregnancy care for hard to reach highly at-risk teen mothers who have multiple pregnancy risk factors including tobacco, alcohol use, homelessness, poverty, past abuse and neglect.
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VISTAs work to better their lives, communities
Megan Dunlavey always wanted to volunteer more of her time to help those in need, but like so many of us, she found herself short on time.
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Dave Ashby and Jim More win Florence Crittenton Shootout
The top 25 Florence Crittenton Home Shootout participants put their skills to the test during Sunday afternoon’s championship shootout.  The shootout, an important summer fundraiser for Florence Crittenton, was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at all three Helena courses—Bill Roberts, Fox Ridge and Green Meadow.  Participants paid $5 for a shot at getting closest to the pin and qualifying for Sunday afternoon’s championship shootout. 
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Birds, Bees & Babies!
Announcing Florence Crittenton Home’s Grand Garden Opening
The girls, babies, staff, volunteers and donors of the Florence Crittenton Home held a Grand Garden Opening this Friday.  The garden has been made possible thanks to direction from Florence Crittenton’s Jane Bucks and the outstanding enthusiasm and 2 AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteers, Kathryn Hutchinson of AERO and Rachel Conn of WEEL who help coordinate neighborhood gardens in Helena.
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Florence Crittenton is Tickled Pink - over $126,000 raised!
Last Saturday night the Florence Crittenton Home hosted their annual Paint the Town Pink gala dinner at the Great Northern Hotel.  Over 350 people attended the 5th annual fundraiser and were entertained in a spectacular setting illuminating the theme ‘Fire and Ice’.  There was gourmet food, incredible auction items and dancing to music by the Carousel band.
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State Woman of the Year named
A woman who helps strengthen emotional bonds between new mothers and their babies has been named Montana Woman of the Year by the Montana Woman Foundation.
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A Treasure State treasure
Maria Nyberg thought she was walking into a luncheon for her new boss. Instead, a crowd of several dozen appreciative clients, co-workers and women from across the state were on hand to honor Nyberg herself.
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Florence Crittenton Home & Services Announce Barbara Burton as Executive Director
Florence Crittenton Home & Services in Helena , a home for pregnant and parenting young women announced today that Barbara Burton has been appointed as the new Executive Director for the organization. Burton will focus her efforts on establishing the Home as the number one provider of residential and outreach services for young women and their children both statewide and on a national scale.
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Young Mothers Affected by Meth participate in Paint the State Contest
The young mothers at Florence Crittenton come from across the entire state of Montana and they want all parents, young or old, to know that parents are mirrors for their children.
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Annual Shamrock Luncheon March 17 th To Benefit the Florence Crittenton Onsite Nursery
The 41st Annual Shamrock Luncheon for Florence Crittenton Home and Services will be March 17, from 11:00 to 1:00 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1700 Missoula Avenue . The luncheon features homemade salads, breads, special music from Irish tenor, Bill Platenberg, First Lutheran Kindergarten class, and Anne Wolfinger, Celtic Harpist. For six years, American Federal Savings Bank has partnered with the Florence Crittenton Home and volunteered to organize the luncheon which benefits the Home's onsite nursery.
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