Spring 2010 Involvement Fair and Other Happenings

The involvement fair at UNLV this week was very successful!! Our organization tabled for two days: Tuesday and Wednesday from 11am to 3pm. It was a great chance to get our name and logo out on campus. We handed out more than 20 pregnancy tests, many resource booklets and business cards and also talked to several students interested in being a part of our group. Yay!!

Today we are trying something new: tabling with free pregnancy tests in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. This is the same building as the Health Services Center and gym. Not quite sure how it will go, but we will definitely update you!

Again, if you know anyone who is a student at UNLV, CSN or NSC who might be interested in membership in our group, please contact us with a comment or an email to unlvcpr@gmail.com. We look forward hearing from you!

Spring 2010 Events at UNLV

As we prepare for a new semester at UNLV, I just wanted to make sure that everyone is up to date on the events that CPR will be participating in and facilitating this semester!!

Due to low attendance at meetings last semester, we won't be having monthly meetings. Instead we plan to have 2 meetings during the semester with special guests and activities. Please check back soon for those dates.

Events this semester:

• January 22, 6 pm @ Calvary Chapel Spring Valley: Concert of Praise featuring Rebecca St. James


• February 2, 11am to 3pm @ UNLV Pida Plaza: Student Involvement Fair


• February 3, 9am to 10am @DRC Conference Room: Assemble Pregnancy Packets


• February 3, 11am to 3pm @ UNLV Pida Plaza: Student Involvement Fair


• February 4, 11am to 2pm @UNLV Wellness Center: Table- pass out pregnancy tests and resource booklets


• February 12, 7pm-11pm @University United Methodist Church- Relevance X Student Leadership Conference


• February 13, 8am-3pm @University United Methodist Church- Relevance X Student Leadership Conference


• February 20, 8am to 9am @ Women's Resource Center: Monthly Prayer Breakfast


• February 23, 3pm to 5pm tabling @ UNLV Student Union


• February 23, 6pm to 8pm @ S.T.A.R.S. Health Summit in UNLV Student Union Room 209
  

• March 20, 8am to 9am @ Women's Resource Center: Monthly Prayer Breakfast


• April 17, 8am to 9am @ Women's Resource Center: Monthly Prayer Breakfast


• April 17, 12pm to 7pm @ annual Festival of Communities in the UNLV Pida Plaza
  

If you know any UNLV students who are pro-life and/or have a heart for pregnant and parenting women and men, please direct them to our site. Anyone interested can also email us at unlvcpr@gmail or check out our facebook page: www.facebook.com/campuspregnancyresources

CPR on the Radio!!

The President of CPR, Jessi Bridges, will be interviewed on 'Voice of Life' on AM 1060 Thursday, November 19. We will post the air date and time as soon as we know.

For an idea of what Jessi will be discussing on the radio, please check out her previous blog post on the purpose and goals on CPR. It asks and answers many questions about how and why the club was started and it outlines several of the goals for the future. Here is a short excerpt:

Q: What will this group do to promote life on campus?

A: We offer alternatives to abortion. As it currently stands, there is almost no choice for students who find themselves pregnant while in college. Because of a lack of resources and help in areas such as housing, financial aid, childcare and general awareness, if a student decides to keep her baby, she has little chance of staying in school. They say women have a choice, but it seems like these students don't. We are on campus to promote the choice of life; to offer the choice of life.

As a club, we feel that promoting pro-life values and awareness does not stop with rallies, news articles, posters and t-shirts. We need to step out and do something more if a change is going to be made. That something more is to be the help and the aid these students and their babies so desperately need.

I hope you enjoy the article and the radio interview!!