CELEBRATING HAPPY birth

CELEBRATING HAPPY

birth days

At 22 centers in seven states, this unique and unconditionally loving counseling model has been a magnet for pregnant women in need. Donors like you sustain the center as a beacon of hope for abortion vulnerable women. Almost all make courageous choices for life when they experience this kind of support and love.

Women’s Care Center celebrated its 30th anniversary in April 2014. In long-time communities, there have been substantial abortion declines (57% to 66%). Of the three centers opened in 2013, our Vero Beach center has been by far the quickest starter.

With one in four Florida babies lost to abortion, our new center is a vital life-line for so many moms and babies.

Your support is providing so many women the opportunity

to choose life for their babies.

YOU MAKE SO MANY BIRTHDAY

CELEBRATIONS POSSIBLE!

Over 500 women

from Indian R

iver County

have already been ser

ved

Shacarra and Braxton

“ Unless you have

walked in my

shoes, you can’t

fully appreciate

the worth of

Women’s Care Center.”

— Shacarra

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erved

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First 6½ mon

ths only.

Now over 500.

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Shacarra is just one of the pregnant women you helped us serve last year. As a college student, she thought a baby would derail her goals. Shacarra had contemplated abortion before she came to our center and met our ultrasound tech, Barb. She says of our tech,

“I was pregnant, lost

and confused. Barb believed in me and got through to me when no one else could.

I’m now a believer.”

Shacarra is still in college, getting excellent grades and hopes to one day run for political office. She says,

“I was pro-choice. Now I am pro-baby.

I am more successful now with my baby than I was without him.”

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Martha came to us “on accident” looking for the abortion clinic. She is now profoundly grateful that she came through our door instead.

Over the course of 16 visits with our counselor Sarah,

Martha chose life for her baby,

had a healthy pregnancy, and learned to be the great mom that she is today.

“ We save the

baby by loving

and serving

the mother.”

— Counseling Director Ellen Sommer

Total Visits

Indian River Count

y – 2013

Most importantly, you help our counselors love women facing unplanned pregnancies.

When women come to us thinking about abortion, they often don’t see any good options. As one client told us, “Being pregnant challenged all my beliefs. I thought

a baby would ruin my life. I thought everyone would look down on me.” Your generous support helps young women like this see that a

pregnancy does not have to be the end of their hopes and dreams.

And the end result of hope is a choice for life.

Already, in less than a year, over 500 women have come to our new Vero Beach center seeking pregnancy support. Although 36% were originally at-risk for abortion, nearly all chose life instead.

Clearly there was a great need for more life-affirming pregnancy care in Indian River County.

YOU TOUCH HEARTS.

Unconditionally loving counseling

is the most important first step.

“ Women’s Care Center has the world’s most sweetest staff ever!

They are so welcoming and make you feel like family. I love going there!”

“ You never really think about it

as a baby until you see it.”

— Recent client

Ultrasounds

Indian River County

2013

290

You make it possible for women to participate in the miracle of ultrasound, helping them to bond with their unborn babies and choose life.

When pregnant women are genuinely and truly valued, they are able to view an ultrasound and

make decisions rooted in love and not out of fear.

This is why over 97% of the women receiving counseling and an ultrasound at our center in 2013 chose life for their babies.

Right now there are

223 babies

expected to clients of our Vero Beach center. In a few years, these babies alone will fill 7 kindergarten classes.

YOU SAVE BABIES.

With two ultrasound technicians

on staff, women have full-time access

to life-saving ultrasounds

in Indian River County.

Your generous support not only helps bring babies into the world;

it also helps them to be born into more nurturing and self-sufficient families.

A 2013 survey found that women making three or more visits to our centers were 50% less likely to have low birth weight babies. Encouraging healthy pregnancies is just one way you help us build families. Here, with the ongoing support of

knowledgeable counselors,

young moms create personalized plans

giving them concrete opportunities to stay in school and find housing,

childcare and better jobs, all while learning about positive parenting and adoption. By participating in education, families earn vital baby necessities (cribs, diapers and new baby clothing) through the Crib Club. And, thanks to your generous support, every small child who visits our center leaves with an armload of books to encourage a love of reading and improve literacy, the number one indicator of later success in school.

YOU BUILD FAMILIES.

Women Served Daily

Indian River County – 2013

7

a day

Goals counseling helps moms take

important steps t

o self-sufficiency

.

Not a hand-out,

parents earn cribs

For a complete copy of our 2013 financial report, please contact John Rorick at (772) 257-5390 or email him at [email protected].

YOU

MAKE IT POSSIBLE

TO SAVE SO MANY MOMS

AND BABIES!

Please let us know your interests below.

I want a tour of my center.

I want to make a gift of $___________ to help the moms and babies in my community. I want to become a Life Partner by contributing $1,000 or a Life Leader by contributing $2,500. I want information about leaving a permanent legacy in my estate plan.

Name

Address

Phone

Email

Please return to:

Gerri Krempel-Rorick, Women’s Care Center, 1986 31st Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32960

Your gift—

large or small

—

is vitally needed and tax-deductible.

Please know that

100% of your gift

to your center stays in your community.

Children

receive books

to encourage

reading.

15-20 par

ents attend

parenting classes ev

ery week

in Vero Beach.

Richard Van Mele, Board Chairman

Gerri Krempel-Rorick, Director Women’s Care Center 1986 31st Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32960

(772) 257-5390

Email: [email protected]

Bobby Williams

Women’s Care Center Foundation 360 N. Notre Dame Avenue

South Bend, IN 46617 (574) 968-7475

Email: [email protected] 1986 31st Avenue,

Vero Beach, Florida 32960

www.supportwomenscarecenter.org

F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N , P L E A S E C O N T A C T :

Special thanks to Jim and Jan Williams for generously underwriting

this annual report.

“ A year ago today my

WHOLE world changed.

I couldn’t ever imagine

the joy this baby

could bring me.”

— Meaghan, a client, on her baby’s first birthday

BOARD MEMBERS Edward Cook Tom Frederick Mike Hammes Peggy Lyons Michele Mackett John Rorick Kaylee Tobin Richard Van Mele

LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD

John V. & Anita Brennan Arlene Cook Thomas L. & Carol Corr

John & Carolyn Dean Ginny Frederick E. Keith Jones, DD Jim & Laurie Manhardt John E. & Lee Moore III, Esq.

RELIGIOUS ADVISORY BOARD

Most Rev. Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito Very Rev. Michael Edwards

Rev. John Morrissey Rev. Richard Murphy Rev. John Pasquini

WOMEN’S CARE CENTER STAFF

Tiffany Barley Suzanne Gallagher Gerri Krempel-Rorick, Director

Peggy MacLellan Jennifer West