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Saku discovered she was pregnant just as her husband starting abusing her. She learned about Birthmothers when she picked up a Need A Friend? card at McLean Bible Church, a Birthmothers Partnering Church. Saku called Birthmothers and was matched with a Friend who helped her find a place of physical safety while her husband received the help he needed.
 Need A Friend? cards are an important tool you can use to help us reach women who face an unplanned pregnancy.
Consider sharing the cards with waitresses and cashiers, or leaving them in dressing rooms, laundromats, pay phones, at garage sales and on community bulletin boards – anywhere women may find them. Churches and businesses can display cards in waiting areas.
By giving away cards, you help connect more women to a Birthmothers Friend. You never know when the card you place in a public area or give to another person can help a pregnant woman in crisis – a woman like Saku. The card you share might just save a life.
Need A Friend? cards and display boxes are provided at no cost when you contact Birthmothers at (703) 261-6370 or
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This spring, we asked our readers to share a tribute to their mother, birth mother, adoptive mother, grandmother, or other special woman on our special Honor Your Mother webpage.
 We have been touched and moved by the beautiful posts that have been shared! The women honored here have made many asacrifices in order to give birth and make sure their children are raised in the best way possible. Here's a sampling:
I was born out of rape and 3 months premature with a very low chance of survival. I thank my mother for choosing life. If she hadn't, I wouldn't have my son and my 2 beautiful grandbabies. Let me encourage you to "Choose Life", as your mothers and my mother did.
My biological mother died when I was 20 months old. Her sister took me and my 2-month-old sister in and raised us as though we were her own. I am eternally grateful for the sacrifices that she and my uncle made for my sister and me. I am afraid to even think where I would be without them and their guidance and love.
Hey Mum.
I had no idea all that was going on in your life when you found out you were pregnant with me. I am so grateful for all your love and support every day of of every year of my life.
Let's hear it for Mums all over.
We hope you'll take a moment right now to post your tribute on our Honor Your Mother page. Your words of tribute will be read by pregnant women who are considering whether or not to carry their babies to term. By taking time right now to share, you could be the tipping point for a woman considering whether or not to choose life for her baby!
When you or your business becomes a becomes a Sponsor for the 2010 Birthmothers Dinner, An Evening To Remember on October 14 at the Sheraton Premiere Tysons Corner, you make an investment in helping women choose life. That's because the Birthmothers model of matching a caring, trained Friend with a pregnant woman is overwhelmingly effective. In 2009, 100% women matched with a Birthmothers Friend chose life!
 Your sponsorship helps cover costs for our annual dinner event, which introduces more partners, volunteers, churches, and clients to the ministry. By becoming a sponsor you help raise awareness, build volunteer ministry, and grow our ministry in churches. Most important, your sponsorship helps us reach more women who face an unplanned pregnancy and need a friend.
Sponsorship is available at 5 different levels Find out how you can become a 2010 Dinner Sponsor here. Contact Development Director Lorraine Trifiletti at (703) 261-6370 or
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Birthmothers is reaching more women who face an unplanned pregnancy through Facebook!
 Help us to connect to even more hurting women by "liking" our page. By "liking," you'll help at least 4 ways:
1. We'll reach more women. When your Facebook friends see Birthmothers information on your Facebook page, then they'll be able to connect more pregnant women to us to be matched with a Friend.
2. We'll recruit more volunteers. When your friends see that you're a Birthmothers Friend, you'll help recruit more volunteers to serve hurting women and families. (You can help even more when you write a short testimony explaining what being a Friend means to you.)
3. We'll identify more Partnering Chuches. When your friends hear about Birthmothers, they'll want to learn how their church can start a Birthmothers ministry and serve women in their own communities.
4. We'll cultivate more financial support. Partners are directed to our website in order to give online.
If you're not yet on Facebook, just log onto www.facebook.com and open a free account. It takes just a couple of minutes. And you'll start connecting with others online who care about women, children, and families. You could even help save lives.
There are not many investments for which you can say, "I gave and helped save a life." But that's entirely the case when you give to Birthmothers.
 Women who face an unplanned pregnancy need support during that uncertain time. Birthmothers Friends provide it! 100% women matched with a Birthmothers Friend in 2009 chose life. Our generous partners -- people like you -- made it possible for women to receive the one-on-one support they needed from a Friend and have the courage to carry their pregnancies to term.
Your tax-deductible gift makes it possible for more women to be matched with a loving, trained Birthmothers Friend for one-on-one support during an unplanned pregnancy. Let your giving be meaningful and save lives. Give to Birthmothers here.
Thank you for caring and for letting your gifts make a difference.
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