The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
End of the Year Coming Up Really Soon!

More and more busy!

Wow! Christmas and the end of the year are coming upon us quickly. I cannot believe it is almost that joyous day again. Don’t you just love this time of the year? It brings with it all the sounds and smells of Christmas that give us those warm sweet feelings of love, hope, joy, and peace.

We have so many new things going on at the refuge now.  Be sure to look for us on Facebook where we now have our own page. We also have some new web sites that I will explain below.
We are still growing! We now have 200 clients, not including any of the classes. We have had at least 2 or 3 new babies born each month.

We have some exciting things going on in the near future.

We are still gathering walkers and team leaders for our “2^ND ANNUAL WALK FOR LIFE” on January 21, 2012. It is getting very close; so please contact us soon!

Check out our “Walk for Life” web site! Go to this link www.ministrysync.com/event/home.php?e=3950   to register or call the office at 830-569-0030. We are very excited and we hope to have twice as many walkers as we had last year. Every walker will be given a T-shirt to wear in the walk. This will help make a visual statement to the public.

If you have a donation that you need to be credited for the year 2011, it must be post marked by December 31, 2011.

We have a new web site (in progress) www.AtascosaPregnancy.org  for our clients! It is up and running, but we will be tweaking it a bit. Make sure to share it with your friends.

 There is also a button on www.AtascosaPregnancy.org  for donations. Hopefully within the next week it will be functional, and will be another way for you to donate. This would be a great way for you to make your last minute ‘end of year’ donations.

We continue to need volunteers! The increased number of clients utilizing our services requires more help.  What a wonderful situation! More help would allow us to increase our hours of operation as well. 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.

We are planning another Volunteer training in early 2012! If you are interested in volunteering please contact me for an application.

Growing, growing, and growing!

There are always opportunities to get involved!  We still have a few more construction projects we need help with. Please contact us if you are interested in helping.

Some of the men from Cowboy Fellowship recently built an awning to protect the front door and deck from the sun and rain. We are very appreciative for this labor of love.

 Our 2012, “5th Annual Love for Life Banquet” will be in April again.

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

Free Programs

Confidential pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy documents
Lay and spiritual counseling
Teaching on healthy relationships, sexuality/abstinence, and STDs
Prenatal, Parenting, Anger Management, and Abuse Recovery (“Shadows to Sunshine”) classes, plus PACE for those who have already experienced abortion, and Connect Monday
“Hope Program” – Earn as You Learn Program
Baby clothes, diapers, toys, furniture and many other items, as well as Maternity clothes.

Current class times are:
Connect Monday- Monday 1:00 P. M.
Anger Management- Tuesday 6:00 P M
Parenting - Thursday 5:00 P. M.
Parenting Boys - Thursday 6:30 P M

The Refuge serves any woman who has a child less than 3 years of age through the “Hope Program”. The “Hope Program” is an earn as you learn program in which the clients are rewarded with diapers, baby food, clothing, toys and baby furniture in exchange for the time they spend in classes, attending church, reading books, and watching videos and DVDs.
So remember our location, 506 West Adams St., in Pleasanton, TX.

If you can’t volunteer at the center, but you still want to help in some way, you might host a baby shower or a diaper drive in honor of The Refuge through your church or civic organization. This is another great opportunity for you to be a part of this great community service to our future babies.

Director, Collene Myers would love to speak to your church, organization, or group. Please contact the office at 830-569-0030 for more information.

New hours of operation (excluding classes) are:

Monday & Wednesday- 11 A.M. - 3 PM and

Tuesday & Thursday 2 P.M. - 6 P.M.

Hours of operation will be expanding once we have more volunteers. Pray about whether that would include you and let us know!!!