SUPPORT PLANNED PARENTHOOD THIS SATURDAY!

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles brings together local musicians, clothing designers, and dancers to celebrate fashion, music and Choice. Saturday, August 17th at The Troubadour in West Hollywood. Advanced Tickets Still Available 323-223-4462 x3157 mike.rodriguez@pp-la.org.

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles'
Summer Fling: Local Artists Unite For CHOICE

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles brings together local musicians, clothing designers, and dancers to celebrate fashion, music and Choice

     LOS ANGELES -- Planned Parenthood Los Angeles (PPLA) in conjunction with ThinkTank Productions and D&D Productions will present a concert/fashion show, "Summer Fling: Local Artists Unite for CHOICE," on August 17, 2002 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.

     Summer Fling will showcase talent from local musicians, local fashion designers and dancers. The night will start out with a fashion show featuring AfriWear's Active Inneractions, designs by Desiato, Kornbread, and a safe-sex dance performance by Santa Monica Dance Studio highlighting gear by High-Way 69. The Active Inneractions and High-Way 69 designs include a convenient condom pocket with condoms provided by PPLA.

     The night will feature an eclectic mix of musicians with styles ranging from surf, pop-punk grooves and alternative power chords to hip-hop jazzy riffs and drum and bass dance beats. The Summer Fling line-up includes L.A.'s legendary Neptunas, ThinkTank, Abstract Original, StarCrasher, and club favorite DJ Peter Ward will close out the night with dance re-mixes until 2:00 a.m.

     All proceeds from Summer Fling will benefit Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. The money will help PPLA fulfill its mission to provide easy, affordable access to a full range of quality reproductive health care and sexual health information through patient services, education and advocacy.

     Tickets are available in advance with a $10 minimum donation or $15 donation on day of show. For ticket information call PPLA at 323-223-4462 x3157.

About Planned Parenthood Los Angeles

     PPLA is the largest provider of reproductive health care services in Los Angeles County. It provides clinical services to more than 55,000 people a year, 82% of whom come to the agency for birth control and 70% of whom are at or below the federal poverty level. PPLA outreach programs deliver sexuality and family planning education to nearly 40,000 teens, women and men a year. Through its Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project, the agency is also a leading advocate for reproductive rights.