Thursday, May 28, the Pregnancy Care Center held its 19th Annual Walk for Life. This is one of the Center’s major fundraisers used to help raise money to support the non profit organization.
The Pregnancy Care Center provides free pregnancy tests, maternity & infants clothing, material assistance, parenting classes, counseling to receive healing from past abortion(s) and baby furniture (crib, playpen, mattress, highchair, swing) by enrolling in Give Moms Credit Program and earn Mommy Money by completing Bible studies, attending Parenting Classes or watching educational videos and a Survivor Intervention Program for young people which equips them to face the pressures of drugs, sex, alcohol and peer pressures.
The Walk for Life is a Family Focused Fundraiser. During registration, the Perham Baptist Church provided face painting and games. The youth band from the Presque Isle Wesleyan Church came and provided music.
There were 81 registered walkers and several who did not register but walked anyway. Participants were escorted by the police as they walked up Chapman Street onto Main Street and then a left onto Park Street, on to Parson Street and back to Riverside Park where everyone enjoyed ice cream sundaes.
A total of $6,500 was raised by 11 area churches. Raising the most money for ages 6-10 was Juda Olugbemi with $762. Olugbemi received a Nintendo DS. The walker raising the most for ages 11-14 and receiving a Portable DVD Player was Saul Nunez with $624. Marcy Cheviot raised the most for ages 15-18 and received a $100.00 Walmart Gift Card. Although there was not have a prize for the adult who raised the most, Millie Jalbert from Washburn First Baptist Church raised $1,130!
If anyone would like to make a tax deductible donation, please send your check to Pregnancy Care Center, P.O. Box 1553, Presque Isle, ME 04769.
