PS: On a personal note, I am in desperate need of a few good men to build a fence on my property. I can furnish all the supplies. I just need help and perhaps someone with a tractor and a post hole digger.

Hi everyone! Wow! We are still busy! We have moved into the new building! We are still trying to get organized and have one or two remodeling jobs left, but we were open as of March 14th. The Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting on Thursday March 17 at 11 AM.

• Our 4th annual “Love for Life” Banquet is April 29, 2011 at 7 PM preceded by a Silent Auction at 6:00 PM (We have lots of great gifts to bid on!)


• New Volunteer Training will be on Saturday 4-30-11 thru Monday 5-2-11


• The Refuge will host an Open House on Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 PM on May 22, 2011.

PLEASE READ THE INVITATION BELOW! WE WOULD LIKE A LARGE CROWD FOR THIS YEARS LOVE FOR LIFE BANQUET!

We continue to grow. We now have 134 clients, not counting the parenting or anger management classes. We need your constant prayers as do the women who are our clients. Please pray for me and all the other volunteers, staff, and board that the Holy Spirit will be in control every moment we are representing The Refuge.

Immediate needs are:

• Volunteers

• Helpers to help clean and organize,

• Still need some minor remodeling inside,

• Groups to adopt a room to decorate

• Landscaping

Here is a picture of our new building!

At 2432 sq. feet with 9 rooms it has more than twice the space we had before. Once again our new address is 506 West Adams Street, Pleasanton, Texas, one block from Pleasanton High school. We are so excited! As you might imagine, though, if we needed volunteers before, we really need them now! We hope to expand our hours when we have more volunteers to man The Refuge. If you are interested, please contact me, Collene Myers at:

The Refuge Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center,

Po Box 509,

Pleasanton, TX, 78064

Or call 830-569-0030 for more information.

As a reminder, Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center offers pregnancy testing and practical assistance through our free programs listed below:

Confidential pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy documents

Lay counseling, and spiritual counseling

Teaching on healthy relationships, sexuality/abstinence, and STDs

Prenatal, Parenting, and Anger Management Classes, Connect Wednesday Bible Study,

Abortion recovery classes for those who have already experienced it,

Maternity clothes Baby clothes, diapers, furniture and many other items.

If you would like to help The Refuge in some way other than counseling or volunteering at the center, you might want to organize a baby shower through your civic group or Sunday school class or ask your organization to have us come to speak about The Refuge. For more information contact Collene Myers at 830-569-0030.

In Him,

Collene Myers

The Refuge Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center

830-569-0030

TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com

"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb." (Ps. 139:13 NIV)