Fraternity’s teen pregnancy program impacts young boys

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From left, T. Marshall Jones, John Culbreath and Dr. William Berry, brothers in the Gamma Omicron Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., share a laugh before checking in campers Friday for the weekend Project Alpha Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Retreat. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)
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Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity sponsors a weekend retreat for middle school-aged boys where teen pregnancy is the primary topic of discussion.

Lashanda Williams and her niece, Seriyah Jackson, drop off Williams’ sons, D’Andre and Milton Prince, Friday for the weekend teen pregnancy prevention retreat at the Kolomoki Mounds near Blakely. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Dr. William Berry checks paperwork Friday in preparation for the weekend Project Alpha Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Retreat for middle school-age boys. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Campers await the Albany State University bus Friday that would take them to the Kolomoki Mounds for a weekend teen pregnancy prevention retreat. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Zeporia Bass, an instructional coach at Radium Middle School in Albany, said events like the Project Alpha teen pregnancy prevention retreat change the community as well as the young men involved. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Undergraduate Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity brother Jeremy Jones, right, a senior at Albany State University, chats with his mentor and fellow Alpha, T. Marshall Jones, Friday. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

John Culbreath, right, checks in camper Leonard Holman, 12, Friday for the weekend teen pregnancy prevention retreat at the Kolomoki Mounds. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Campers excitedly make their way to the bus for their trip Friday to the Kolomoki Mounds and the Project Alpha Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Retreat. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)
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