August Letter & Schedule

Lakeshore Pregnancy Center of Allegan
Volunteer Newsletter
August 2009

Dear Volunteer,

Have you been to the pregnancy center in the last week or so? You are in for a few surprises!!

We have an ultrasound room! A huge thanks to Gary Martin and his friend, Darrell who built and dry walled the ultrasound room, to Kim Selby for installing electric, and to Becky Selby & her kids for painting! It looks awesome! We are moving the furniture in and decorating now. We have an ultrasound machine waiting for us. We would like to be ready for our first ultrasound client by the first week of October! We are in need of a volunteer sonographer to operate the ultrasound machine. If you know of anyone who might be interested, please let me know, or give them my name and number and ask them to contact me….thanks so much!!

We have changed the center around quite a bit. We are attempting to direct clients to come in the front door. (That’s the Chestnut Street entrance.) We now have a waiting room up there that we will be putting to better use! Our DADS group has a quiet spot in the back of the building to meet, and the volunteer area has been changed and expanded. I am excited about these changes and I think they make our center run more smoothly and look more professional!

We are looking for volunteers who are willing to be receptionists. A receptionist would not need to go through the client advocate training. (Although she sure could if she wanted to!) If you know of someone who would like to help here at the center but does not necessarily want to meet directly with clients, we have a great spot for them!

Fall is coming; some would claim it is already here, by the feel of our “summer weather”! Please look at your fall schedule and see where volunteering at the center will fit in. I will be calling you this month to see if we can get you on the schedule. My goal is to have a volunteer receptionist, a volunteer client advocate and a staff person working each shift. We are getting busy enough that I feel like we need to try to have three people here all the time. Currently we are scheduling appointments about two to three weeks out, and I don’t expect that to decrease in the fall!

Our fundraising banquet is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th at the Haworth Center in Holland. We will be featuring Gary Bauer. We would like to fill the tables with people who know little to nothing about the pregnancy center, to expand our reach! I’m sure each of you knows someone who needs to hear about the pregnancy center, so please invite them to the banquet…contact me for all the details!

A Personal Note! My husband, Bob, will be deploying to Iraq soon. He is leaving for Texas by the end of August and will probably be in Iraq by mid-October. He will probably be gone a year. He is a crew chief of a med-evac helicopter this time around and will be moving around the country quite a bit. Our kids are 13, 15 and 20. If God brings us to your mind, please pray for us all during this year!

Important Upcoming Dates:
Friday, September 11, Allegan County Fair Begins
Thursday, September 17th Ladies Golf Scramble (fundraiser for LPC)
Friday, September 18th, 100 hole golf marathon (fund raiser for LPC)
Saturday, October 3rd, Respect Life Conference at St. Margaret’s School in Otsego
Tuesday, October 6th, Banquet featuring Gary Bauer (fundraiser for LPC)
Fall Volunteer Training begins October 22nd….recruit, recruit, recruit!!!

Easy Ways To Be a Big Help To Lakeshore Pregnancy Center of Allegan:
· PRAY, for the clients, the volunteers, the staff, and the finances.
· Recruit!! Do you know a sonographer or a potential receptionist? How about a golfer?? Or maybe someone who does not know anything about Lakeshore Pregnancy Center to come to our banquet on October 6th!!
· Order gift cards from www.servenation.com/cards/3995
· Order greeting cards from www.lifecards.blogspot.com
· Meijer Rewards #249960

Lakeshore Pregnancy Center of Allegan
Volunteer Schedule
August 2009

OK so this is the weirdest calendar ever! The boxes for the days have disappeared and I don't have the time to tab these all into the correct locations!! Hope you can figure it out...if not give me a call!!

3
Amy/Rachel
am: Chris
pm: Hannah
eve: Diane
4
Becky
am: Kay
pm: Anne
5
Rachel
am: Sandy
pm: Kay
6
CLOSED

10
Amy
am: Chris
pm: Emily
eve: Diane
11
Becky
am: Kay
pm: Anne
12
Becky
am: Sandy
pm: Kay
13
CLOSED

17
Amy/Rachel
am: Chris
pm: Hannah
eve: Diane
18
Becky
am: Kay
pm: Anne
19
Rachel
am: Sandy
pm: Kay
20
CLOSED

24
Amy/Rachel
am: Chris
pm:
eve: Diane
25
Becky
am: Kay
pm: Anne
26
Rachel
am: Sandy
pm: Kay
27
CLOSED

31
Amy/Rachel
am: Chris
pm:
eve: Diane
1(September)
Becky
am: Kay
pm: Anne
2
Rachel
am: Sandy
pm: Kay
3
CLOSED

7
Labor Day
Center is Closed!!

8
OPEN 10-4:30
9
OPEN 10-4:30
10
OPEN 10-4:30