Bloomington-Normal, IL - Living Alternatives Pregnancy Resource Centers

Bloomington-Normal PRC

303 Landmark Drive Suite 1B in Normal, Illinois 61761

(309) 454-LIFE / bloomington@hopeforafuture.com

Sherry L. Sherwood, M.S.W., Director
Carrie Murphy, R.N., Nurse Manager
Mary Orns, R.N., Assistant Director of Client Services
Dr. Trina Scott, M.D., Medical Director
Dr. Harold Nord, M.D., OB/GYN Consultant
Ashli Hanna, BSW, Assistant Director of Development
Becky Hearn, Bookkeeper
Lindsay Zavitz, Intern

Save this Date:

Saturday, April 17th, 2010 -

Walk for Life

at Central Catholic High School

9am to noon

To register for the Walk for Life, go to the Walk for Life page of this website.

Thank you to our 2009-'10 Business Sponsors:

Traeger Construction

Commerce Bank

Harold A. Nord, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology

Martin's Home Furniture

Dr. Jeffrey Dickhut, D.C. Allied Health Group

Zozzaro Chiropractic & Rehab

Rising Stars Academy

Bruce Dillman, Realtor, Crowne Realty

It's not too late to be a business sponsor for our remaining event. For more information, call us at 309.454.5433 or email us at bloomington@hopeforafuture.com

Volunteers Needed: We are in need of mentors in our H.O.P.E. program - Helping Others Parent through Education. We have more women in our program than we can currently schedule on a regular basis and we get phone calls every day from more young women wanting to enroll in our program. Would you be willing to give three hours a week to help us reach out to these women and their unborn babies? For more information, go to the volunteer page of this website or email us at volunteer@hopeforafuture.com.

Change for Life

Baby Bottle Drive

Thank you to the following Churches for participating in our 2009 Baby Bottle Drive:

Good Shepherd Lutheran
Lexington Community Church
McLean Christian Church
Bloomington Apostolic Church
First Church of the Nazarene
Hudson Christian Church
Rock Creek Bible Church
New Horizon Christian Church
Fountain of Life Church

One of the volunteers at the PRC has recorded her first CD - Genevieve Kempf. All sales from the CD go to ministry of the Pregnancy Resource Center. CDs are $10 each and can be purchased at the PRC or at the upcoming Walk for Life. To hear a sample of Genevieve's music, visit her at

www.myspace.com/genkmusic

Thank you Calvary Baptist Academy for your expression of love made to the Pregnancy Resource Center this Valentine's Day!

Year after year, the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders give items to the PRC instead of exchanging Valentines - Thank you so much students!!!

Also, Thank you to the youth of Christ Lutheran Church for their donation of baby items, diapers, and a car seat to the parenting education program. These items are going along way in building our new HOPE Chests - a baby shower in a basket.

Thank you to the volunteers of Second Presbyterian Church for their help painting a room and reorganizing our boutique on January 23, 2010.

Jessica Whissler, Rebecca Banks, Debbie Bard, Lydia Alvis, Jamie Moses, and Julie Shreves

Thank you to the Senior High Girls Bible Study Group from First Church of the Nazarene for spending their Saturday morning at the PRC. The group scrubbed floors, washed windows, cleaned bathrooms, vacuumed carpets, polished furniture, straightened clothes and removed wallpaper all while playing a fun game of "truth or dare" to keep things interesting. Thanks ladies.

Thank you to the teen girls of Vale Community Church for making no-sew blankets for the PRC this Christmas. Thank you so much!

If your small group would be interested in a Saturday morning work project at the PRC, contact us at bloomington@hopeforafuture.com

The Bloomington-Normal Pregnancy Resource Center would like to thanks Martin’s Furniture for their donation of beautiful new chairs for the counseling rooms and waiting room of our new, soon to open, Medical Clinic. We would also like to thank Keen Tile for donating the ceramic tile for our new medical clinic and L&P Tile for installing the tile. We would also like to thank the work crews from Heartland Community Church, East White Oak Bible Church, Calvary Baptist Church & First Church of the Nazarene, along with the PRC volunteers for providing labor for our vast improvements here at the PRC. A big thank you also goes out to Zeller Electric for installing all of our electrical work in our new counseling room.

PROJECT ULTRASOUND UPDATE:

The Pregnancy Resource Center Medical Clinic opened its doors in June of 2008. The women who come to the PRC are now given the opportunity to speak with a nurse, as well as confirm their pregnancy with the use of pregnancy testing and ultrasound. This gives each woman the chance to both hear and see the truth about the life growing within her.

The number of women considering abortion and then changing their plan to one that gives their baby life and the mother hope has gone from 23% to now 83% since the medical clinic open.

Would you like to join our medical team?

We are in need of more nurses to run pregnancy tests. We are also looking for nurses interested in completing the needed training to perform limited obstetrical ultrasound scans. For more information, contact us at bloomington@hopeforafuture.com

Abortion Statistics:

Each year, approximately 1 million pregnancies are terminated by abortion in the United States.

· Nearly 50% of pregnancies among American women are unintended. Of those women, 40% choose to have an abortion.

· At current rates, more than 43% of American women will have at least one abortion by the age of 45.

· 48% of women aged 15-44 who had abortions in the U.S. had at least one previous abortion.

· Black women are almost 4 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2.5 times as likely.

(Source: Alan Guttmacher Institute: Facts on Induced Abortion in the United states May/2006)

· Of U.S. women having abortions:

o 56% are in their 20’s

o 67% have never married

o 61% have one or more children

o 57% are economically disadvantaged

o 88% live in a metropolitan area

o 78% report a religious affiliation

Current Needs:

Baby toiletries, including Baby Wash, Lotion, Oil, Powder & Wipes

Diaper Rash Ointment and Teething Aids

Similac Advance formula, Baby food in jars (ALL STAGES)

Pacifiers (new) & Baby Bottles

Brand new cribs & 5-point harness car seats

The Pregnancy Resource Center ministry requires a team of believers praying daily for the staff, volunteers, and clients. If you would be willing to pray for the PRC, please let us know by emailing us at bloomington@hopeforafuture.com.