Women's Enrichment Center's Walk For Life

The Woman's Enrichment Center, a ministry of the Appalachian Area Crisis Pregnancy Center, is gearing up once again for their annual Walk for Life.

This fundraising event will take place Saturday, April 14th, beginning at 10:00a.m. in Blairsville, and 2:00pm in Andrews. The start and finish of this two-mile walk will be at each center, prospectively (11 Patrice Drive in Blairsville, just behind the Circle K off Jackson street and 29 Chesnut street across from the Post Office in Andrews.)

In Andrews, Indian Hills Spring Water will be providing two water stations and McDonald's will be offering a free refreshment to walkers. A free t-shirt will also be given to any participant who raises at least $150.00 in pledges. There will be similar offerings at the Blairsville location.

The annual "Walk for Life" is the center's major fund raising opportunity. All proceeds will be used to offset the center's operating expenses and to enable this ministry to continue to offer all services free of charge. Walkers and sponsors are needed to make this annual event a success. Brochures are available in local church and at The Women's enrichment centers both in Andrews and Blairsville.

In addition to providing free pregnnancy testing and volunteer peer counselors, the centers offer family oriented classes in parenting, certified childbirth education classes, cooking, personal finance, and many other life skills classes.

The highly successful abstinence based character education program called "ER Unique" and its companion program "Choices" has been presented to over 10,000 students in or northern Georgia and Western North Carolina and is another key ministry of the Woman's Enrichment Center.

Another wonderful ministry of the centers is its sonogram services. These wonderful pictures of life enable an expectant mother to see the precious life within her, and help convey the message of the sanctity of life. the Woman's Enrichment Center provides free sonogram services at a number of crisis pregnancy centers throughout northern Georgia and western North Carolina.

The Woman's Enrichment Center is making a positive impact in the community and llooks foreward to continuing to do so for years to come. It is totally dependant on the generosity of area churches and individual contributors. to get more information or to sponsor a walker, churches, businesses, and individuals may call the Andrews center at 321-3848 or contact out western North Carolina Volunteer Public Relations Coordinator, Crystal Sparks at 321-3679. You can also call the Walk Coordinator, Debbie O'Malley toll free at the Blairsville center at 800- 503-0122.