Heartbeat International recognized pregnancy help organizations observing anniversary milestones at its 2024 Annual Pregnancy Help Conference in Salt Lake City.
The anniversary honors were conferred by Sara Dominguez, affiliate services specialist for Heartbeat.
"It's in these early beginnings we dream of the milestones that we'll one day reach,” Dominguez said, “from open doors and first clients to new and advanced programs like ultrasounds and mobile units and joining the Abortion Pill Rescue Network.”
“Tonight, it is my honor and privilege to be able to celebrate with you the pregnancy help organizations that have reached tremendous milestones that we have all dreamed of reaching,” she said, “organizations that have been serving their communities, changing hearts, and saving lives for 25 years and 50 years.”
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Heartbeat President Jor-El Godsey remarked on the significance of these many years of service as well.
"Milestone anniversaries are testimonies to the tenacious optimism of all involved with each pregnancy help organization," he said. "In trials and triumphs, choices and challenges, scarcity and supply, the faithfulness to the call helps change trajectories from certain death to life. From the reception desk to the board room and from the record-keeping to the parenting classes, each aspect contributes to the goal of changed hearts, rescued lives, and Kingdom outcomes."
Dominguez reflected on the significance of the many years of services represented by the anniversaries.
"Now as we announce these inspiring organizations, I can't help but think of every team member that has come throughout the years, whether it's the founders, the board members, the staff members, generations of donors and countless volunteers,” Dominguez said. “But I also think of my own generation, and that of my older brother, some of our peers and some of our family members that have been preserved because of these life-affirming organizations standing united for life."
"We thank you for standing united for life for generations," she added.
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Organizations present at the Conference celebrating 50 years:
Emergency Pregnancy Services, Jacksonville, Fla.
Pregnancy Help and Information Center, Tallahassee, Fla.
Organizations that were present at the Annual Conference and celebrating 25 years:
Aspire Medical Services and Education in Pagosa Springs, Colo.
Compassion Care Center in Yadkinville, N.C.
Road to Hope, Beaverton, Ore.
Pregnancy Help organizations celebrating anniversaries that were not in attendance:
50 years-
1st Choice Pregnancy Resource Center, Texarkana, Texas
Birthright of Loudoun County, Leesburg, Va.
Community Pregnancy Clinics, Naples, Fla.
Elevate Life, Bloomington, Minn.
Fort Walton Beach Center for Women, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Guiding Star Wakota, West Saint Paul, Minn.
Pregnancy Aid, Eastpointe, Mich.
Sira, Gainesville, Fla.
The MaRiH Center, Alexandria, Va.
25 years:
A Caring Pregnancy Resource Ctr of NE CO, Brush, Colo.
ABBA, Women's Choice, Portland, Maine
Alpha Center for Women, Ocala, Fla.
Alpha Women's Center, Palm Coast, Fla.
Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center, Lynchburg, Va.
Care Net Women's Resource Center, Lancaster, Calif.
CompassCare, Latham, N.Y.
Crestview Pregnancy Center, Crestview, Fla.
Crisis Pregnancy Services, Egg Harbor City, N.J.
First Choice Solutions, Washington, Ind.
Foothill Pregnancy Center, Sonora, Calif.
Joshua's House A Place of Hope, Clare, Mich.
Life Choices Care Center , Greenfield, Ind.
Life Choices Women's Health Center, Phillipsburg, N.J.
Living Alternatives of Palestine, Palestine, Texas
Living Hope Dream Centers, Show Low, Ariz.
Loving Arms Pregnancy Center, Taylorville, Ill.
Paulding Pregnancy Services, Hiram, Ga.
Pregnancy Life Center, Van Wert, Ohio
Sierra Pregnancy & Health, Roseville, Calif.
Fundatia Estera, Timisoara, Romania
Editor's note: Heartbeat International manages Pregnancy Help News. This article has been updated.
