Fries, the Prize, and the Top of the Broomstick
Our abstinence outreach presenters in local high schools use a broom stick in their high school presentations to send a convincing message about sexual risk. And no, it's not a disciplinary thing. The willing student volunteer tries to balance the broomstick on the...
The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences
"The child is the father of the man." William Wordsworth Go back to the time before you turned 18, and consider how you related to the adults in your family. With that perspective, answer the following questions*: ___ Were you physically abused as a child (hit so...
Merry Christmas! Mary Christmas!
When God has a plan, He sends a person. When God sends a person, He has a purpose! Christmas is a celebration of God's plan for His son, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal...
How Women Feel about (their own) Abortions – NetLinks
Abortion to Make [Him] Happy The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons published a study of how women seeking recovery support at Care Net affiliated centers felt about their own abortions. 58% of respondents said they aborted to make others happy. 74% felt...
If California Doesn’t Have Freedom of Speech, None of Us Do
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Free Speech Pregnancy Center Case - Coming soon to the Supreme Court of the United States: National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra. What's at stake? The case challenges California's Reproductive FACT Act, signed into...
Is Your Annual Banquet a Good Investment?
6 Tests to Determine if Your Annual Banquet is a Good Investment (And Some Ideas to Improve your ROI) So, that time of year has come up on your center: planning season for your ANNUAL BANQUET. After the initial panic and/or feelings of dread subside"¦ It's time to...
Care Net’s Recommendations to the HHS Could Have a Really Huge Impact
Under the previous administration, the suggestion Care Net recently submitted to the US Department of Health and Human Services would never have been considered. A couple of weeks ago, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed the following: "HHS...
Foxes
It was a warm Friday morning this past July that I woke up and looked out the window to discover three foxes wandering around our yard. I was so delighted that there were some new friends to add to the list of wildlife in our backyard--until I stepped outside. To my...
To Pay or Not to Pay: Compensating Nonprofit Directors and Officers
This guidance applies to directors and officers serving on a nonprofit board, often as volunteers, and not necessarily to senior management leaders for whom other responsibilities may apply. May directors and officers get paid by the nonprofit organizations they...
6 things I wish I had learned in medical school
It is my hope that the medical profession will become part of a new system of response to those facing crisis pregnancies, looking beyond the scientific process and returning to the Hippocratic roots of our profession, a place where all life is valued and protected. I...