Annual banquets to be held

A Caring Pregnancy Resource Center of Northeast Colorado is hosting annual banquets across northeast Colorado later this month. The organization is a non-profit providing no cost and confidential pregnancy confirmation, ultrasounds, giving closets, support services and resource referral.

This year’s banquet theme “Light Their Path” features speaker Tori Shaw, a woman who discovered she was pregnant at 16. In a rushed attempt to hide the pregnancy, Shaw had an abortion less than 24 hours after finding out the news. She left the abortion clinic completely different than when she entered and her life quickly spiraled downhill.

It took Shaw 17 years to come out of hiding and share her secret with others. Since doing so, she has created Not Forgotten Ministries providing support for individuals who’ve experienced abortion. Shaw now walks in complete freedom following her abortion and desires the same for others who have walked a similar journey.

“It’s time we reach out to those affected by abortion. When a woman finds she’s pregnant, she has only one of three choices. Carry to term and parent, choose parents for her child or have an abortion. Women facing an unplanned pregnancy need our support!” said Roberta Bigalk, Executive Director of A Caring Pregnancy Resource Center of Northeast Colorado. “In addition to the services we regularly provide, we’re launching a new after-abortion care support program that is online and anonymous. Each of our online leaders have had abortions themselves and understand the ramifications of that decision. Having served well over 300 women this past year shows us how valuable our organization is to the communities we serve in Northeastern Colorado. We’d like to double that number!”

A Caring Pregnancy Resource Center is a 501 (c)3 non-profit with five locations in Yuma, Wray, Sterling, Holyoke and Brush providing no cost and confidential pregnancy confirmation, ultrasounds, giving closets, support services and resource referral throughout Northeast Colorado.

Banquets are from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on four consecutive evenings with four locations to choose from including Friday, Jan. 24, Northeaster Junior College Ballroom in Sterling; Saturday, Jan. 25, Phillips County Event Center in Holyoke; Sunday, Jan. 26, Red Willow Event Center in Yuma; and Monday, Jan. 27, Morgan County Event Center in Brush.

All resources from the evening go directly to helping mothers, fathers, students, babies and families in Northeast Colorado. For more information about services or to reserve seating, call the Pregnancy Center at (970) 842-4324 or visit our website: neco-cpc.org/tickets.