Have you heard of our outreach program, Wee Care, which provides material help for precious babies? It is a place where families can turn in an emergency situation when their needs cannot be met by other organizations or public agencies. For over 26 years, our baby layettes are lovingly filled with clothing, warm blankets, diapers and other necessities to more than 600 families each year.
Wee Care was deemed “non-essential”, so we had to close our doors from mid-March until late June. It broke our hearts not to be able to help our moms and their little ones. We have since, cautiously (with masks and social distancing), reopened and are again providing for God’s tiniest miracles.
Unfortunately, when the world as we knew it came to an abrupt stop, so did our donations. Baby showers and Baby Bottle collections, understandably, were cancelled. Our babies, however, continue to be born to our teen moms, our jobless moms, our homeless moms and to all our moms in desperate situations. These special babies continue to bring love and hope to a frightened, anxious world. During this time, there are still the endless questions – will churches be open? Will members return? Will churches be able to survive financially? Will there be donation drives for Wee Care?
A church in Sterling Heights, came up with a creative way to collect baby item donations in a physically distanced way. They plan to have a three hour drop off period in the morning. During the drop off period, people will pull up outside the church. Donors do not need to exit vehicles because they have 10 young volunteers to unload the cars and transfer the donations to transport cars which will deliver the donations to our Wee Care Office. Right now, Wee Care’s greatest needs are baby onesies up to 9 months (short sleeve), baby sleepers up to 9 months, crib sheets, bath towels, and pacifiers.
Maybe hosting a donation drive like this is something your church could do too?
UPCOMING EVENTS
March for Life Registration (9-1-20 through 10-31-20)
CIDER Walk for Life (10-18-20)
The CIDER Walk for Life is an easy way for people of all ages to get involved by actively demonstrating support for the Sanctity of Human Life across the lifespan and a desire to make a difference in the lives of women and their babies. Put your feet to your pro-life convictions and Walk for Life in the neighborhood by our Wayne County Chapter Office; you will directly help LIFESPAN advance its mission to impact and transform people with the love of life from conception until natural death. With respect to COVID we will be practicing physical distancing, having staggered starting times, and asking attendees to bring a mask. See the attached fliers for more information and to find out how to register.
March for Life Registration Update: For the 2021 YBT we have four buses reserved. Two of these buses are not filled yet. Due to COVID-19 and difficulties securing host churches/schools, both of these buses are red eyes. Please contact us for forms and further information about the trip.
For solid pro-life news, we are sharing the following links with you:
· Trump Signs Born Alive Executive Order to Protect Abortion Survivors, Vulnerable Infants
· Trump Nominates Pro-Life, Catholic Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court
· Report: Increased Availability of Abortion Pill Has Caused an Increase in Abortion Rate
· The Day the FDA Abandoned the First Principle of Medical Ethics
We will be in touch again after our March for Life registration ends on October 31, 2020.
Yours for Life!
Lynn A. Gura, Youth Director
Right to Life-LIFESPAN Educational Fund
(cell) 248-907-4806 or (office) 248-816-1546
Anne Marie Reiff, Associate Youth Director
Right to Life-LIFESPAN Educational Fund
(cell) 734-855-0464
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