Advancing the Mission: Going Public

On Tuesday, May 20th, Congressman Kenny Hulshof visited our St. Charles County center. The congressman toured the facility and a visited with Center Manager Myrna Conrad, ThriVe board members Mark Keeven and Joe Ortwerth, and ThriVe President and CEO Mark Dungan before addressing a group of about 30 area constituents gathered outside the center regarding the importance of life-affirming initiatives within our state. Thanks to many of our long-time St. Charles county supporters who attended!

It was a gorgeous morning and as everyone squeezed into the lobby and down the hallway of the SCC center, it was a perfect illustration of how badly we need to expand! The congressman, his attendant staffers, and all who came out in support of his message experienced the critical need for additional space and the importance of the $131,000 Federal appropriations request we have submitted.

We continued this week to aggressively market tax credits. You can help by spreading the word to friends, relatives, co-workers, neighbors, church groups...anyone who pays taxes! The tax credit program provides revenue to ThriVe and a significant tax advantage to the donor. Detailed information is available on our website.

Lots of energy and calculator tape were expended this week preparing our development plan and anticipated revenues for FY2009, to be presented to the Board of Directors on Tuesday, May 27. We have a focused plan and aggressive revenue goals - stay tuned for details!

If you have your radio on bright and early this Sunday morning, you can hear 'Today's Issues' host Kristi Carson visit with Alternatives 2 Abortion Project Administrator and Case Manager Gail Robinson and a current client, Trish about the importance of emotional and financial support in empowering women to make life-affirming decisions. Today’s Issues is a one hour long public affairs program which is broadcast weekly on each of the four EMMIS owned radio stations in St. Louis. Here's the schedule: