November 2024 Newsletter

Conversions

Best of Grand Awards 2024!

Board Member Tad Harrison, President of the Board Pat Pulliam, Executive Director Tammy Gildenzoph, and Board Member Carolyn Hewit at the 2024 Best of Grand Awards Ceremony.

Executive Director Tammy Gildenzoph, Contracted Nurse-Midwife Chelsea Mynyk, CNM, RN, MSN, & Administrative Assistant Celaine Decker at PRC's Women Health Clinic.

WOW Grand county! Thank you!


Because of your votes, we are honored to announce we placed in several categories in the 2024 Best of Grand competition!


Pregnancy Resource Connection was awarded 2nd place in Best Non-profit

Our Women's Health Clinic was awarded 3rd Place for Best Non-Profit Project

Pregnancy Resource Connection received 4th Place for Best Place to Work(Less than 20 employees)

Pregnancy Resource Connection tied for 4th place for Best Customer Service

Our Annual 5k Walk For Life received 4th Place for Best Fundraiser

Pregnancy Resource Connection received 5th place for Best Secondhand Store


Thank you so much for your votes and recognition!


We are proud to serve this amazing community and are honored to receive this award!



Grand Beginnings Community Baby Shower!

What a sweet time we had at the community baby shower this year! We were able to bless expectant moms with new items and share resources, educational materials, and provide an opportunity for moms and children to learn about prenatal development. We received nine 5-star reviews of our display and many compliments!


This year we also had infant loss resources with us for moms who may have needed support if this was a part of her journey. One precious moment was observed when a lady was looking at our fetal models and began to lovingly caress the 16-week-old baby. After a few minutes she took a wave of light candle (to light on infant loss awareness day) with her. It was beautiful and touching time of healing.


It is our privilege to journey with moms and babies!


Thank you to Grand Beginnings for organizing this community event! We had wonderful time connecting with the moms and babies of Grand County, as well as collaborating with Grand Beginnings, Grand County EMS, Grand County Advocates, Newbees, Nurse-Family Partnerships, WIC, Grand County Public Health, Grand County Human Services, Grand County Rural Health Network, and Mountain Family Center!

Our educational Prenatal Development Models, and miscarriage support items.

Brand new clothing items!

Brand new diapers, wipes, and baby equipment!



Director's Corner


Tammy Gildenzoph, PhD

PRC Executive Director





Quitters: Part 2

Conversions

Last newsletter we traveled with Saul on the road to Damascus and read a few scriptures of his life changing conversion. We also met an organization called and Then There Were None which was founded after a conversion experience with the founder Abby Johnson. She shares her story in her book Unplanned. The next amazing conversion story that I would like to introduce you to is that of Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortionist who came to face the truth of what women’s health care truly is. His bio is below, and his story is in his book Two Patients.  

 

Dr. Bruchalski earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1987 and completed his OB/GYN residency at Eastern Virginia Medical Center and the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia in 1991 and was board certified in 1993. He began his career in obstetrics and gynecology practicing the full range of reproductive medicine. He experienced a profound conversion of heart following a live birth during a late-term abortion procedure and resolved to practice life-affirming medicine that supported women, children, and their families. As he explains it, “I came to see that true health care for women is not about rights, but relationships—not about limits, but about love and mercy.”

In 1994, Dr. Bruchalski and his wife, Carolyn, founded Tepeyac OB/GYN in Northern Virginia, a practice that supports fertility counseling, natural family planning, support for abortion-minded and post-abortion patients, and perinatal hospice for families that have received an adverse prenatal diagnosis for their child. As part of the practice of pro-life medicine, Tepeyac OB/GYN provides care to women regardless of ability to pay. To support that part of Tepeyac OB/GYN’s mission, in 2000, Dr. Bruchalski established Divine Mercy Care, a non-profit foundation that raises funds to support charitable care at Tepeyac OB/GYN and seeks to educate and inspire current and future pro-life medical professionals. In its almost 30 years of operation, Tepeyac OB/GYN has delivered more than 10,000 children, with nearly 30 percent of their mothers receiving financial aid from Divine Mercy Care.

Dr. Bruchalski left the exam room in 2022 to become President of Divine Mercy Care, dedicating his time and energy to fostering a renewal in medicine and educating the next generation of pro-life medical providers. Dr. Bruchalski’s memoir entitled Two Patients was published by Ignatius Press in 2022.


He has been recognized for his witness to life-affirming medicine, most recently receiving the Fishers of Men Award from the Guadalupe Radio Network, the Evangelium Vitae Award from the De Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at Notre Dame University, and the One of Us Award from the Jerome Lejeune Foundation.


I wanted you to meet Dr Bruchalski because he will be our guest speaker at our upcoming PRC Banquets, on February 16th in Fraser, and our new Kremmling Banquet on February 15th! He will bring light to a dark topic and empower us with the truth of life affirming care. 


My prayer is that as prolife Christians we can remember that we all are in need of a conversion from sin. I hope we can learn from and support these brave warriors who broke away from the lies they believed and have the courage to share the truth of their experiences. 

Dr. John Bruchalski

Colorado Gives Day

Colorado Gives Season is upon us!


All donations given at Coloradogivesday.org between November 1st and December 10th will receive a percentage of their gift matched!


Last year we raised $6,955, and Grand County as a whole raised $510,223 for all participating Grand County non-profits! 🤯


If you would like to support us through the Colorado Gives Day Campaign, please click this link!


Thank you for your support! You make a difference in Grand County!


Upcoming Special Dates

November

1st

Colorado Gives Begins!

Colorado Gives begins November 1st and ends on Colorado Gives Day, December 10th 2024, donations can be given here! Thank you for your support!

November

22nd-23rd

Castle Rock Women's Health Clinic

Please contact 720-432-6580 for an appointment! Services provided include prenatal care up to 20 weeks, postpartum care up to 3 months, well-woman exams, hormone testing and consultations, fertility awareness consultations, and girls sports physicals.

November

28th

Closed for the Holiday

We will be closed for Thanksgiving, we wish you and your family a blessed day!

December

10th

Colorado Gives Day

Final day for giving through the Colorado Gives Campaign!


December

20th-21st

Castle Rock Women's Health Clinic

Please contact 720-432-6580 for an appointment! Services provided include prenatal care up to 20 weeks, postpartum care up to 3 months, well-woman exams, hormone testing and consultations, fertility awareness consultations, and girls sports physicals.

December

23rd-26th

Closed for the Holiday

PRC Closed for Christmas Break. May this be a time of reflection and gratefulness for our greatest gift, Jesus Christ! 

December 31st-

January 1st

Closed for the Holiday

PRC Closed for New Years Eve and New Years Day.

February

15th-16th

PRC Annual Banquet

PRC is excited to announce that we will be having two banquets this year! More information will be available soon!

Did you know?


Colorado will have an abortion ballot initiative on its ballot this year,

titled Colorado Initiative 79.

Abortion is already legal in Colorado, but this initiative will solidify abortion access in Colorado's state constitution. This initiative will:

  1. Create heavy challenges on passing any future abortion regulations based on new research and findings.
  2. Negate Colorado Parental Notification Act 1
  3. Remove any bans on public or taxpayer funding.
  4. Constitutionally protect abortion up to full term for any reason.
  5. Allow healthcare insurance plans to pay for abortion procedures.


Colorado is already known as an abortion destination in the country, Colorado is currently 1 of 9 states that has no term restrictions on abortion.2 Colorado is also one of the few states that allows partial birth abortions. 3


A Yes/For Vote means this initiative will be enshrined in our state constitution

A No/Against Vote means keeping the status quo


An overview of the status quo for abortion laws in Colorado can be found by clicking here. 4

For more information regarding this initiative, as well as how this changes the status quo, click here. 5

For an OBGYN's perspective on Colorado Initiative 79, click here. 6



1. Amendment 79 cuts parents out of conversations on abortion by Julie Bailey

2. State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy by Guttmacher.org

3. State Bans on So-called “Partial Birth” Abortion as of September 2024

4.Know Your Reproductive Rights by COAG.GOV

5. Colorado Initiative 79 by Blue Book

6. Opinion: Amendment 79 would harm Colorado’s pregnant women and their babies by Catherine J. Wheeler, M.D., OB-GYN

A thank you to our grantors!

A special thank you to The Town of Fraser for funding 2 months of our expanded medical services! What a blessing!


Thank you to The Town of Winter Park for funding our Bright Course educational program for the 2024 year!


Thank you to Grand Foundation for funding one year of free childbirth education classes!


Thank you to El Pomar for funding one month of operational expenses!


And last, but certainly not least, thank you to Adolph Coors Foundation for granting us funds for operational expenses and building repairs!



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