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  • Thanks to all who attended Arborfest 2008! Family Tree Clinic’s annual beer-tasting fundraiser was a big success yet again. We had over 30 craft beer vendors, and over 400 attendees. Thanks again to all who came out to support the clinic and our mission to provide affordable, confidential, respectful reproductive and sexual health care. Because Your Sexual Health Matters!!
  • Check out Ms. Magazine online for an article featuring our very own, recently retired, Peg Labore, former Executive Director at Family Tree. The article, published August 20th, is called “Minnesota to Cut Birth Control Costs in Half.” Peg and others have been lobbying hard for opportunities to get cheaper birth control out to the vast amounts of women who need it. Click here to read the article and find out more about the progress of this important legislative change.
  • Family Tree participated in the 2007 Headwaters Walk for Justice in September. Our team raised over $3,000! The Walk for Justice is an inclusive fundraising and publicity event in support of community-based non-profit organizations in Minnesota that work on a variety of issues, including social, racial, economic, and environmental injustice. For more information and how to get involved go to the Walk for Justice website

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Recent Family Tree News

Take Action about Birth Control

Family Tree Clinic and our clients have suffered from the significant cost increase of birth control. Click here to learn more about this Take Action about Birth Control and urge House Leadership to pass an amendment that would once again make birth control affordable for college students and low-income women.

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Free Family Planning Services Available at Family Tree Clinic!

Did you know you may be eligible for free family planning services? There is a state program, called the Minnesota Family Planning Program, available to many Minnesotans interested in preventing pregnancy. Click here to find out more!

Emergency Contraception (EC)

We now offer Emergency Contraception (EC) over the counter! If you are 18 or older you do not need an appointment, or to call ahead, or to even be a patient! Just drop by the front desk during open business hours and pick it up. The cost is $25.

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