From Reading Hospital \u2013 Tower Health<\/p>\n
Pictured above, from left to right: Dr. Jennifer Mueller, Dr. Nina Duke, and Dr. Olubunmi Ojikutu.<\/p>\n
Reading Hospital partnered with\u00a0The Junior League of Reading<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Berks Teens<\/a>\u00a0to host \u201cLet\u2019s\u00a0Talk,\u00a0Period,\u201d a free event focused on menstrual equity and period positivity for teens and tweens in grades 3-8 and a trusted adult. More than 130 individuals were in attendance, making it the largest event to date.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether, our organizations created an educational, judgment-free zone,\u201d said Jenna Hiester, President, The Junior League of Reading. \u201cWe fulfilled our mission to provide age-appropriate, accurate medical information that will help families through the transition period.\u201d<\/p>\n Event panelists included\u00a0Dr. Olubunmi Ojikutu<\/a>, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics\u00a0at Reading Hospital,\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Nina Duke<\/a>, Tower Health Medical Group Pediatrics \u2013 Wyomissing, and\u00a0Junior League of Reading member\u00a0Dr. Jennifer Mueller<\/a>, Dermatologist, Clear Dermatology.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most important message we tried to reiterate is that the physical and emotional changes that come along with puberty are normal and can be managed,\u201d said\u00a0Dr. Ojikutu. \u201cI am confident that the participants feel more prepared for the changes they will experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Every attendee received a period pampering kit containing menstrual products, personal care items, informational materials, and giveaways. Items were donated by Godiva Chocolatier, Clear Dermatology, Co-County Wellness, DoubleTree Reading, and Giant.<\/p>\n Those in attendance generously donated 42 new and gently used bras to \u201cBra-nanza\u201d and event organizers are distributing them to those in need.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had a wonderful audience who asked insightful questions of the panelists,\u201d said Dr. Mueller. \u201cWe are grateful to have been a part of this opportunity to provide guidance and support to young people so they will have a better understanding of what to expect and learn healthy habits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Reading Hospital \u2013 Tower Health Pictured above, from left to right: Dr. Jennifer Mueller, Dr. Nina Duke,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-135271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}