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Pregnancy Care Centers and Residential Programs Annual Pregnancy Care Centers and Residential Programs Annual Report 2018 ® Board and Staff BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF ADVISORS CONT. STAFF CONT. David Goss Patricia Daily Teresa Cook President Kelly Dean Senior Client Advocate Pat Shehorn Karen Deighan, MD Margaret Drake, RDMS Vice President Sonographer Joyce Duriga M. Kathleen O’Brien Victoria DuBose Secretary James Ferrini House Mother John Large Mary Hallan FioRito Rocio Hernandez Treasurer Kristina Flathers Client Advocate Kris Cortes Matthew Gerken Genevieve Hummel Vitae Corps Robert Gilligan Rev. Peter Gnoinski Frances Jimenez Mary Anne Goldberg Richard Guzior Assistant Director Michele Moore Adelaida Kagan Alane Malicay Stephen Murray Most Rev. Francis J. Kane, DD Pregnancy Center Manager Molly Perry Anna Kinskey Kiesha Middleton Beth Rodriguez Mary Elaine Koren, RN, PhD Administrative Assistant Gary Ziols Molly Kurt Corina Neiconi Client Advocate Rev. Michael McGovern EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kelly Nguyen Silvia Minardi, PhD Residential Program Coordinator Susan Ryan Barrett Becky Mulkerrin Ania Purymska Gregory O’Leary Volunteer and Donor Relations MEDICAL DIRECTOR Anna Paprocki Coordinator Anthony Caruso, MD Sully Salgado, RDMS Most Rev. Thomas Paprocki Sonographer Dan Proft BOARD OF ADVISORS Kelley Seifert Megan Ratliff, DDS Margaret Barrett Development Associate Rev. Marc Reszel Most Rev. Mark Bartosic Kelsie Jane Smith Timothy Rivelli Vitae Corps Joni Benson Rev. Paul Seaman Sr. Annie John Thottunkal, SMMI Barbara Berens Residential Program Barb Sunko Kate Berley Jessica Valadez, RDMS Bonnie Trainor, LCSW Kathleen Bindley Sonographer Rev. Francis Bitterman Jessica York Rev. Msgr. Michael M. Boland STAFF Client Advocate Laima Braune Faith Bohlin Residential Program Manager Larry Chyba Dorothy Boland Cover Photo Phillip E. Couri Executive Assistant Tatiana and daughter Michelle Joella Z. Cramblit Sr. Maria Chettiar, SMMI at Monica’s House Penny Crowley Residential Program (Photo Credit - Dexter Malicay) Our Mission The Tragic Reality Over 60 million unborn babies have been victims of abortion in the United States since its legalization in 1973. That’s 1.3 million babies each year or 3,600 babies each day killed by abortion in the United States. In Cook County, Illinois, one out of four pregnancies ends in abortion. In 2017, a reported 21,288 babies were victims of abortion. That’s 59 abortions each day or one baby aborted every 25 minutes in Cook County. With dozens of abortion clinics in the city of Chicago, Aid for Women’s pregnancy care centers are on the front line of the abortion battle. Aid for Women provides a safe refuge from abortion providers for thousands of women who are facing unexpected pregnancies. These women contact our 24-hour pregnancy helpline and visit our centers every day: “Where can I get a free abortion?” “Do you offer the abortion pill?” “My parents will kick me out if I have this baby.” “I can’t afford to have a baby.” “I’m in college. I can’t have this baby.” “I’m already overwhelmed with the children I have.” The women who come to Aid for Women for help are the inner-city teenager, the married and college-educated woman in her thirties, and every woman in between. The road that leads them to Aid for Women is a difficult one, and they face a tough journey ahead. These young abortion-vulnerable women live in a society that has failed to protect them and the life in their womb. AID FOR WOMEN 2018 RESPONSE 4,906 Pregnant Women in Crisis Served 1,787 One-on-One Counseling Sessions 4,209 Nights of Housing at Heather’s House and Monica’s House $ 74,108 Material Goods Provided $-0- in Government Funding 1 Together We Are Saving Lives! Dear Friends of Aid for Women, I am pleased to share our annual report for 2018. On October 6, 2018, Aid for Women turned forty years old! We remembered our founders – Deacon Thomas Bresler, Nancy Corbett, Penny Crowley, Mary Kraychy and Mona Lukas – and all those who have built up this ministry over four decades. At our 40th Anniversary Dinner in October, we celebrated tens of thousands of lives saved since 1978. The event raised $226,790, which was our most successful fundraiser ever! With your help, we will continue to aid thousands of women in unexpected pregnancies each year, for many decades to come. Today and looking forward, our work on the front lines of the abortion battle is needed more than ever. We must remain vigilant. In January of 2018, Planned Parenthood opened a new surgical abortion clinic in south-suburban Flossmoor (see page 5). A Carafem abortion clinic opened in October of 2018 in suburban Skokie, Illinois. Moreover, as I write this letter, there are bills moving through the Illinois State Capitol that pose an even greater threat to innocent lives in the womb, throughout the entire pregnancy, even until the day of the baby’s birth. In these pages, you will find more information about all the blessings showered upon our organization during the past year. We are especially grateful for all the benefactors and volunteers who have contributed to our critical life-saving work. We accept no government funding, as doing so would interfere with our ability to share our faith at our centers and to offer a faith-centered environment in our maternity homes. We rely solely on the generosity of individuals, parishes and foundations. Please know that your support has saved many lives! May God continue to bless you abundantly for your generosity. Please keep us in your prayers as we remember your intentions in ours. For Life, Susan R. Barrett, Executive Director 2 Services and Programs Our Locations PREGNANCY CARE CENTERS Chicago Loop - 8 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Portage Park - 3954 North Meade Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Cicero - 1400 South Austin Boulevard, Cicero, Illinois Des Plaines - 1150 North River Road, Des Plaines, Illinois Flossmoor - 3347 Vollmer Road, Flossmoor, Illinois RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS Heather’s House - 1150 North River Road, Des Plaines, Illinois Monica’s House - 3954 North Meade Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Pregnancy Care Center Services Aid for Women helps thousands of women each year in the Chicago metropolitan area who find themselves facing unexpected pregnancies. Each woman is provided with the emotional, practical and spiritual support that she needs to choose life for her unborn baby and to provide a better future for herself and her child. Our life-affirming services are offered to clients free-of-charge and include: l 24-Hour Helpline l Ultrasound Exams l Community Referrals l Compassionate Counseling l Abortion Pill Reversal l Earn-While-You-Learn Program l Pregnancy Tests l Medical Referrals l Parents-to-Be Support Group Residential Programs Many Aid for Women clients consider abortion because they lack adequate housing or will be otherwise homeless if they choose life. HEATHER’S HOUSE Located on the Maryville Academy Campus in Des Plaines, Illinois, Heather’s House provides a safe and nurturing home where pregnant women and their babies can live. Heather’s House offers residents an opportunity to develop the life skills, education and job skills necessary to become independent and loving mothers. MONICA’S HOUSE Located at St. Pascal Church in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, Monica’s House serves as a transitional home for Heather’s House residents who have had their babies and are either going to school or working. Monica’s House provides these new mothers greater independence, while they work toward completing their goals. 3 Blessed to Serve The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. — John 1:5 “From the time a resident comes “The Breath of God, The Most “Many of the women who come to Heather’s House until she Precious Gift — suffice and push to us for help are in survival leaves, the most important job of me to support and stand by mode. They are experiencing a our entire staff is to remind her those women who choose to lot of trauma. In that first one- that both she and her baby are bring forth Life into this world. on-one session, I remind them loved beyond measure and that Their determination, courage, that it’s just you and me, and let they are both a joy and delight to and aspirations motivate and me help you get through this. encourage me to render my our loving God. We are able to Every woman has her own story. service in the best way possible. serve these families in so many I want her to be able to trust me There is a sense of joy and remarkable ways, but that is the with the things that she cares satisfaction in being with the greatest, most powerful service about in their heart, and I want moms and children and sharing we give them. To share love.” her to feel safe. ” my life with them.” Faith Bohlin Alane Malicay Sister Maria Chettiar, SMMI Residential Program Manager Residential Program Center Manager with Monica and Ayden with Brianna with Miracle and Reyna 4 New Flossmoor Center We Won’t Stand By Devastated by the opening of a new Planned Parenthood clinic in their community in early 2018, several concerned individuals came together to form the Southland Coalition for Life. Aid for Women and Southland Coalition for Life quickly formed a partnership to establish a new pregnancy care center at 3347 Vollmer Road in Flossmoor, Illinois, right next door to the Flossmoor Planned Parenthood clinic. Fundraising and construction took place throughout 2018. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on February 24, 2019, with over 100 guests, including many community pro-life leaders. Since opening our doors, we have already helped several abortion-vulnerable and abortion-minded young women in this community, who now have a true choice when facing unexpected pregnancies.
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