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Choose Life Funds Do Make A
Difference
Heart to Heart Pregnancy Center
has been a recipient of Choose Life funds for the last 2
years. We have
been able to help 8 women with
this money.
One woman was trying to complete
her college degree while she was pregnant. She had another
child and
was convinced the Lord wanted
her to place this baby for adoption. We were able to help her
with rent money and transportation costs.
We had another woman from Mexico
that had been raped. She was definitely considering adoption.
We
helped her with counseling,
food, transportation, clothing, and medical bills. She was so
grateful, since she had tried to abort the child herself...but
did not want to.
Another woman who was married
had been raped by a relative. Both her and her husband did
not want
to abort, but decided on
adoption. We helped her with clothing, counseling, and
transportation.
All these babies are now in
wonderful homes. We have seen the success of the Choose Life
program in operation in our hometown of Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
Thanks to all who have promoted this wonderful
license tag program! (August
2006)
Patti Logan, Executive Director
Heart to Heart Pregnancy Support
Center
216A North Greenwood Ave.
Ft. Smith, Arkansas 72901
Choose Life Plates Save Another
Teresa (not
her real name) arrived at the abortion clinic in Tampa and
told her story to a counselor. She was coming to have an
abortion and saw several Choose Life license plates on the 10
mile drive and then told Judy, the counselor out front “she
was the sign and seal that what she was about to do was
wrong…” She drove off knowing her future was going to be
rough, but pretty well assured that God was going to use her
in His plan.
Judy
Feb 2006
The Choose Life Plate Is Beautiful This plate is saving saved lives. I coach long distance running at my local high school and everyday show up in my fancy convertible sports car with my Choose Life license plate. In all vanity I would love a Tampa Bay Bucs tag as I love football. However, I'll never forget the day one of my runners came up to me and said, "Coach I saw the license plate you have on your car." I didn't know what to say so I just gave her a confident, "Yup." She said, "Coach that's really cool." She had an uncertainty in her eyes and took and extra moment to smile at me for that. I'm not sure what it meant but I truly felt like His servant that day and I knew I was exactly where He wanted me. Without the persistence of you folks at Choose Life, Inc., I may have given in to my beloved Bucs. But now...not a chance, there was just too much in her young eyes to gamble with life! God bless. Suzanne Henslee Dear Russ & Jill... We have seen an increase in contact calls from North Mississippi because of the Choose Life awareness program. While there is no way to tell if it is a result of the billboards, special advertising that we are doing with the Choose Life funding or because so many people are seeing the Choose Life license plates on vehicles, we certainly know that "awareness" is the key. "Saving lives" seems to be the "normal" thing because of the thousands of Choose Life plates on the road and not merely the agenda of a relatively small number of volunteers working on the front lines in Crisis Pregnancy Centers, etc. Choose Life of Mississippi is certainly a friend to the unborn child and to the ministries, like New Beginnings, that offer a variety of services to expectant mothers in unplanned pregnancy situations. Tom Velie, LMSWExecutive Director New Beginnings International Children & Family Services www.newbeginningsadoptions.com (662) 842-6752
Dear Russ &
Jill...
Although we have never met,
you have helped me in a special way.
As the Executive Director
of the Women's Resource Center in Mississippi, I
would like you to know that I totally support the "Choose
Life" tags and I
encourage all my
friends, family and
fellow pregnancy center workers to purchase them
too. My center is one of the newer centers in
the state and the monies from the tags helped me tremendously
to provided our clients
with the things they need. We
opened on September 13, 2004
and have already served 85 client of which 4 were counseled
for the adoption option.
Amanda Hughes-Johnson
Executive Director
Women's Resource
Center
sponsored by the
HMJMCPC
Our First Save... I went away truly blessed by that 5 minute encounter. I still have warm fuzzies as I write this short testimonial. I did share with her where I had gotten my tag. I gave her a hug and thanked her for giving her son life and sharing the blessing with me. Hind sight always being wiser, I wished that I had had the presence of mind to take my tag off and give it to her. Perhaps she will continue to bless others with her story ‘til she finds someone that thinks a little faster than I do!” Jeanne GillBlessed by the Choose Life license plate We were so blessed by your ministry. Actually, our 3rd adopted child, Allyson Joy, joined our family partly due to your ministry of Choose Life license plates. After buying the plates for our cars almost 3 years ago, we received a note from Adoption by Shepherd Care thanking us for supporting adoption in Florida. Their letter touched us. Then last year, God brought this agency to our minds again when we felt God calling us to adopt another child. After meeting with them, we knew they were the agency for us. Several months later they placed our precious "gift of life" into our arms. "Ally" is now a 5 month old bundle of joy! We might not have ever known about their agency if we hadn't bought our Choose Life tags! God is so good! Blessings to you both, Bryan & Jean God can do it... We began receiving funds in January of 2003. We actually started promoting the tags in the Jackson-Metro area in the Fall of 2002, but the first distribution of funds came at the Lord's timing. General donations to our Center were significantly less in 2003. We have been steadily seeking to expand our services to reach more of the abortion vulnerable women in our area, so the check from Choose Life Fund made up that lack and has enabled us to implement our progressing vision. The financial help has been significant, but just as important has been the pleasure of meeting new people who have switched to the Choose Life tag. We thank people in line at the gas station, at churches, in various parking lots, and tell them how we are using the funds at our Center. We consider all those with this tag as our special friends and supporters. It has been a way to raise friends for the ministry and raise an awareness of what we are doing in this area. You know it is our prayerful desire to see those tags the official state tag for the state of Mississippi. God can do it!
Serving Him with Gladness
Barbara Beavers
CPC Director, Jackson, MS
My name is Alecia... When I walked into First Coast Women's Services in Jacksonville, FL in January 2002, I was 5 weeks pregnant. I was raised in a Christian home where I was taught sex outside marriage was not in God's plan. How was I going to face my parents? I knew how disappointed and devastated they would be. I was in my third year of college and saw my hopes and dreams fading away. My counselor encouraged me, prayed for me and pointed me to Christ for answers to my situation. But during the first weeks it was very hard. I even considered suicide. Gradually, I began to see I had to live for me and my baby. My counselor suggested that I look at the options of single parenting and adoption. At first I was totally against adoption. That would be running away from my responsibility, but as I looked at my circumstances, I knew that at this time in my life I could not give my baby the home I wanted him to grow up in. I decided his needs had to come before mine. I learned about the various types of adoption and looked at biographies of couples wanting to adopt and selected Mike and Ann, because Mike reminded me of my father. He was like a teddy bear with loving eyes. Ann was a teacher, which is what I was studying to be. I was also pleased to learn about the Choose Life license plate and how the funds would pay my expenses. During the entire process, I did not have to pay any of the expenses related to my pregnancy. The funds provided by people who had switched to the Choose Life license plate in Duval County covered them all. Two months ago I experienced a joy that I can not describe. Mike and Ann brought Austin to see me. He is chubby, healthy and so happy. My family and my counselor celebrated this reunion with me. Many people comment they could not have done what I did. They do not understand how the adoption process has changed. Open adoptions allow for various levels of continuing contact with my son. This journey has been a hard and wonderful thing for me, and it has held so much more joy than sorrow. My pain was eased by knowing I was doing what was right for my son and the joy came from seeing the love Mike and Ann showered on Austin. I thank God for my parents who taught me right from wrong; my counselor who loved and cared for me & was with me every step of the way and the thousands of people who switched to the Choose Life license plate who lifted the financial burden from me; even helping cover some of the costs that Mike and Ann would have had to pay. Success comes to Pasco County... This is just a little update on our first adoption client (Missy) here in Pasco County using Choose Life funds. Last Tuesday we were able to help her get into her own apartment - you should have seen her eyes, it was awesome. The future-adoptive grandparents gave her some furniture and the rest we bought in thrift stores and Dollar stores. One of the sweetest things she told me was that once she gets back on her feet, she is going to have her own car one day, and she is definitely going to have a Choose Life License Tag on it! It really amazes me how many people are NOT aware of the Choose Life license plate and how much good it is doing. I was attending a coalition meeting with Healthy Families the other day. No one there knew about the plate or how the funds were being used. I educated them and shared our success story with them. I'll keep you informed about our progress and once I have pictures you'll get some copies. God bless you and the Choose Life license plate effort! Marion Bauer West Pasco Pregnancy Center New Port Richey, Fl 34653Choose Life funds at work... Pregnant and desperate this young lady tried to take her life by overdosing on drugs and alcohol. Police found her and brought her to the hospital until she was stabilized. Through a series of events that only God could have orchestrated, she learned about us here at the SOLVE maternity home. At first she didn't want to live here because, as she said, "It was too peaceful". Through Christian encouragement and a peaceful surrounding she was able to make a decision only she could make, release her baby for adoption. When the day arrived for the baby to be birthed, she delivered a healthy child. Giving glory to God that the baby's health was not affected by her previous poor life style, she lovingly gave this little treasure to a Christian couple. As a maternity home, SOLVE receives 70% of the Choose Life funds generated in Manatee County. Donna Vellenga, Director Manasota S.O.L.V.E., Inc. Bradenton, FL Letter of Testimony from Pregnancy Center & Maternity Home I am the Director of a pregnancy help center and maternity home located in Okaloosa County. We have Choose Life license plates everywhere! It is such an encouragement to see so many people who believe in what we are trying to do to help women in crisis pregnancy situations, not to mention the monetary boost that the plates have provided! Our maternity home residents who have chosen adoption have been helped tremendously by the Choose Life funds. We have been able to purchase uniforms, home school curriculum, and much needed clothing and personal items for our residents. Jan Zinn Executive Director Family Life Center Ft Walton Beach, FL Letter of Testimony from Children's Home "What if I told you I could help pay your expenses to carry your baby to term so that she can be adopted by a 'forever family' and the adoption won't cost you a penny?" That is a powerful, practical, and hope-giving resource that our social workers are able to use with women experiencing a crisis pregnancy. And it is because of Choose Life funds granted to us from the sale of license plates. it has happened many times over that women come to us for help, without money or hope, looking for a 'way out' of their pregnancy. we are able to offer them both money and hope and change their 'way out' from abortion to adoption. The Choose Life funds allow us to assist women in making a positive choice for their unborn child. I want to thank you for helping us access those funds and for being a tireless supporter of the Choose Life license plate program. With your help, we're making a positive difference in the lives of children for all eternity. M. Jamie Self, Central Florida Administrator Florida Baptist Children's Home. Lakeland, FL Letter of Testimony from Maternity Home On behalf of the residents at Manasota SOLVE licensed maternity home and the families we serve through our Pregnancy Care Center, thank you for making the Choose Life license plate a reality. Not only do the license plates put out a positive message, it also aids us in running our maternity home. Many young, pregnant girls valiantly choose life for their unborn babies but feel they are not in a position to raise them. Therefore, lovingly, an adoptive couple is chosen. The Choose Life funds help us provide a stress-free, loving environment for these young women at no cost to them. Donna Vellenga, Director Manasota S.O.L.V.E., Inc. Bradenton, FL |
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Choose Life, Inc. is an IRC 501(c)(3) organization and donations are tax deductible. Contributions and profits from the sale of promotional items are used to help Choose Life, Inc. promote the sale of the real Choose Life License Plate which raises funds to support adoption efforts. Please consider supporting us. Everyone is a volunteer; no salaries are paid to anyone.
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