About Our Clients

We now have had a total of 406 clients walk through our doors. We have 42 clients who are currently pregnant. We have 17 in transition- (clients that should have delivered or that need retesting.) We have 232 clients that are now parenting clients in our "Hope Program".
Born this month- 3 new babies.

*This does not include our parenting classes, connect classes, or Shadows to Sun-shine.

 Hope Closet

We are in the process of transforming the Hope Closet. God has truly blessed us with lots of beautiful donations. We are currently taking donations of baby furniture, strollers and car seats. They should be in “like new” condition and can be dropped off during busisness hours. Thank you in advance for your donations.

Gospel

 Praise the Lord we’ve had 2 new salvations this month, we provide scripture memorization and church lists to all of our clients. Remember to always keep our staff, volunteers and clients in prayer concerning the presentation of the gospel.

Classes

"How to Make Your Children Mind Without Loosing Yours"- taught by Neda Hayes on Thursday at 5 PM is still having a large number of fathers attending with the mothers.
"Parenting Boys" taught by Pastor Michael Flechsig’s meets Thursday at 6:30 P. M.
Connect Bible Study– (Biblical teaching on relationships and life skills) taught by Carol Stafford meets on Mondays at 1:00 P. M.
Abuse Recovery- Our "Shadows to Sunshine" class meets on Thursday at 6:00 P. M.  A new class will be starting soon. Call us at (830) 569-0030 if you're interested in joining the upcomming class.

Training and In-service

 May 15^th we will be having an in-house training. We will learn how to be the best volunteers and staff that we can be.

Special  Interest Story
Letter to The Refuge APCC, My name is Justine Gonzales. I am a client of the Hope Closet Program. I am a single parent and currently unemployed at the moment because I’m in my ninth month of pregnancy. I found out about this program thru a good friend of mine. Thru the Hope Program I have been given a chance to get closer to Jesus Christ. If it was not for the Hope Program, I would be nowhere near ready for the birth of my child. The staff at, The Refuge, have been very helpful in helping me prepare for the birth of my son. The childbirth and parenting lessons that I have learned have prepared me to be “The Best Mom”. I have learned not to give up on myself with your help. I am very thankful to be involved in a program like this!

__Other Interests__

Building–  We are currently working with Operation Christian Love to complete needed repairs to our facility. Be in prayer with us that our repairs all our repairs will be accomplished.

Events- “Love for Life Banquet”   We will be hosting our 7^th annual “Love for Life” Banquet on Saturday, October 18^th, 2014. This years banuqet will be held at the Pleasanton Civic Center (old town square). We’re very excited about this new venue. We are happy to announce our speaker is Tom Glessner, The President of National Institute of Family & Life Advocates. We are planning for 25- 30 tables of 10. We will have a catered meal to be announced. We are looking for businesses and individuals to sponsor tables for $200 each. In appreciation they will receive a placard on their tables and a listing on our web site. If you would like to attend this free event, please give us a call at (830) 569-0030 to reserve your seat.  

Health Fair– up-date information coming soon.

Volunteers- We are always looking for sincere and deticated volunteers to help at The Refuge. Please be in prayer that God will send the perfect people to serve our clients.

About Our Clients

We now have had a total of 206 clients walk through our doors.

We have 25 clients who are currently pregnant.
 
We have 19 in transition- (clients that should have delivered or that need retesting.)

We have 92 clients that are now parenting clients in our "Hope Program".
Born this month- 1 new baby.

*This does not include our parenting classes, connect classes, or Shadows to Sun-shine.

Hope Closet-
We are having lots of donations and many clients visiting the closet.

Gospel We’ve had no new salivations this month, but are still providing scripture memorization and church lists. Remember to always be in prayer concerning the presentation of the gospel.

Classes

"How to Make Your Children Mind Without Loosing Yours"- taught by Neda Hayes on Thursday at 5 PM is still having a large number of fathers attending with the mothers.

"Parenting Boys" taught by Pastor Michael Flechsig’s meets Thursday at 6:30 P. M.

Connect Bible Study– (Biblical teaching on relationships and life skills) meets on Mondays at 1:00 P. M.

Abuse Recovery- Our "Shadows to Sunshine" class was re-started on February 6, 2012, at 6:00 PM and is now completed. A new class will be starting soon. Call us if you're interested in joining.

Training and In-service 

June– WIC on services

Special  Interest Story

Letter to The Refuge APCC, Two years ago, before coming to The Refuge APCC, our marriage was heading towards divorce, but that’s not the end of the story. With the help, understanding, and skills we learned through the Anger Management Class we attended there, we are now on the right track–  still together and improved.

We are fortunate! I believe if we had not found “The Refuge,” we would

most likely now be divorced. Thank you for the support, help, and knowledge you provided, making us a stronger family, even through our struggles.

Sincerely,  T. Lopez

__Other Interests__

Building–  Operation Christian Love had a workday on April 21 to set blocks to place the container on. The turnout was great with participants form Cowboy Fellowship and FBC Pleasanton.

Events

Health Fair– Connally Memorial on Saturday April 28, 2012 was a great success. We made lots of contacts and informed many people about The Refuge.

“Love for Life Banquet” - October 20, 2012.  Our speaker is Mike Williams of Ambassadors speakers. We are planning for 30- 40 tables of 10. We will have Bar-B-Q catered. We are looking for businesses and individuals to sponsor tables for $200 each. In appreciation they will receive a placard on their tables and a listing on our web site.

Volunteers–We have new volunteers,  Melisa Jones and Lisa Moydell

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!!!

The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
2nd Annual Walk for Life Coming Up!

More and more busy!

We have been trying some new things, so I haven’t been doing a lot of the traditional newsletters! Look for us on Facebook where we have our own page now.
We are still growing! We have 170 clients now, not counting any of the classes. We have had at least 2 or 3 new babies born each month.
We present the gospel to each client that enters The Refuge. Some
accept the Lord as their savior and others leave interested in the gospel.

It is hard to know how many babies we may have saved, but I don’t have personal knowledge of any abortions that have occurred among the women who have visited us. We need your constant prayers as do the women who are our clients.

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

• We are gathering walkers right now for our “2nd Annual WALK FOR LIFE” on January 21, 2012. We need team leaders as well as walkers. Please call me if you are interested. I hope to have at least 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.

• We continue to need volunteers! We barely have enough volunteers to get by with the increased amount of clients utilizing our services. 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 also planning another Volunteer training in early 2012! If you are interested in volunteering please contact me for an application.

• We still have just a few more construction projects we need help with. Please contact me if you are interested in helping.

• 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 Closet” – 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 5:30 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 their “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 don’t want to volunteer at the center you might host a baby shower 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. Current hours of operation are:

Mon & Wed 10 A.M. -2 PM and

Tue & Thur. 2P M- 6 PM.

The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
To Host
OPEN HOUSE!!
The Refuge will be hosting an “Open House” on Sunday May 22, 2011. They would like to invite everyone to tour their new facility and share some light refreshments in their new home at 506 W. Adams Street. The Open House will be held from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Sunday afternoon. Come and go as you please.
The Refuge would also like to apologize for having to postpone their appreciation social. A new date has been set. The Refuge will be hosting an appreciation social Friday night May 20, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. This is for all the volunteers that have helped The Refuge which includes construction volunteers and movers, office volunteers, and banquet/silent auction volunteers. If your subgroup is not mentioned, please know that this invitation does include you too.
Remember The Refuge serves any woman who has a child less than 3 years of age through their “Hope Program”. They also provide free pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy. If you are already pregnant The Refuge may be able to help you with maternity clothes, prenatal education, and child birth classes.
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. This program is available to parents with children under 3 years of age.
Current classes offered are Anger Management every Tuesday at 5:00 P. M., “Connect Wednesday” at 10:00 A. M., and beginning Monday, June 13th there will also be an evening “Connect” class. Parenting classes are on Thursday at 5:00 P. M. and we will soon be starting a new “Parenting boys” class on Thursday night at 6P. M.
Director, Collene Myers would love to speak to your church, organization, or group. Hosting a baby shower in honor of The Refuge is also an opportunity for you to be a part of this great community service to our future babies. Please contact the office at 830-569-0030 for more information. Current hours of operation are: Mon & Wed 10 A.M. -2 P.M. and Tue & Thur. 2P.M.-6 P.M.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the appreciation social; so please call if you need more information.

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)