Lois' Lodge Walkathon

The Lois' Lodge 2009 Make a Difference - Walk for Life was a huge success because of YOU!

The $20,000.00 that has been raised will sustain Lois' Lodge as we continue share the love of Jesus Christ by providing FREE shelter and support services to women and their unborn babies.

The threat of rain couldn't dampen the spirits of the 100 + walkers and volunteers who came to show their support. Thanks to these great participants...

Natalia Acosta, Charlotte Adams, Brent Anderson, Cristina Andreassi, Cindy Bonner, Rob & Sondra Bradford, Mary Bradley, Terry Brewer, Kimberly Brewer, Terry Brewer, Jake & Amy Broadbent, Jeff & Tracy Burgess, Taylor & Brandy Canton, Sophia Carpenter, April Carpenter, Naomi Carpenter, Kathy Caylor, Will & Jocelyn Challas, Jessica Chassen, Angel Cooke, Jeremy & April Drobnick, Dwight & Debbie Durell, Christina Elder, Beth Fagan, The Farley Family, Mary Ferrell, Shawn & Kelly Glanzer, Jacquie Golbus, Joanna Gray, Jackie Green , Jo Grey, Elizabeth Guptill, Meridith Hake, Kimberly Hall, Jeff & Mauree Harrell, Kate Heacox, Lois Heebner, Erin Henry, Toni Henry, Jessica Hibbard, Shirley Hunter, Mike & Jenny Hurt, Kathy Ingrish, Brandon & Erin Jackson, Jennifer Johnson, Barbara Johnson, Rick Khan, Charlie& Nancy King, Megan Kite, Michael & Deana Kocylowsky, Will Leach, Shannon Lehmer, Bradelyn Levi, Brittany Long, Erin MacDermut, Missy Mandel, Rhoda Marx, Elizabeth Marxs, Kaitlyn Mayes, Darelene Moore, James Moore, Brianna Moore, Mattthew Moore, Zachary Moore, Yvonne Moore, Laura Mullen, Karen Mundy, Teresa Ogburn, Destiny Planter, John & Renee Ratcliffe, Amy Reader, Jamie Robinson, MeOcia Rumph, Brian & Wendy Shank, Mary Shaw, Cathy Shaw, Brian Shaw, Wade Shields, Susan Shields, Nicola Sink, Paul & Marilyn Smith, Mary Stager, Julie Starcher, Kara Talent, Karen Thompson, Anne Thompson, Karen Thompson, Marty Tomberlin, Katherine Vermillian, Wende Whitus, Joyce Wi llis, Chad & Heather Wilson, Maggie Womack, Sandy Zellers

PRIZE WINNERS!
Highest Individual Fundraiser: Heather Wilson
Person who recurited the most walkers: Mauree Harrell/Sondra Bradford
Highest Team Fundraisers: Women of Anchor
Way to go! Because of your efforts this was the best Walk-a-Thon Ever!

The walk is over... but the work continues!
Women and babies continue to need Christ-centered love, shelter & support services. Please consider how you can continue to partner with us. Visit our website at http://www.loislodge.org/ for more information.

Save The Date!

The 2010 Make a Difference - Walk for Life is tentativley scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010. We hope that you will make plans to join us!

Choose Life NC License Plate

For the past eight years NC Legislature has not allowed a Choose Life specialty license plate to be brought to the floor for a vote. NC already has over 130 specialty plates in use. We need your help to make the Choose Life license plate a reality in our state. Your signature on the Choose Life North Carolina petition would show our legislators that there is support for the Choose Life plate in NC and that it should be allowed to be brought to a vote.

Funds from the sale of each license plate will go to support the work of pregnancy care centers in NC. Currently there are 80 pregnancy care ministries in NC that last year alone served over 46,000 women. These centers offer a variety of services from pregnancy tests to parenting classes, baby supplies to mentoring pregnant teens, to ultrasounds and STD testing by medical personnel. Each plate sold will provide $15.00 toward funding the free services these centers offer. These funds will be distributed by Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship, Inc., a network of the pregnancy care ministries in NC. Visit www.cpcflink.org to learn more about this network.

There are now 24 states with Choose Life license plates. NC is the only state in the southeast that prohibits the sale of the Choose Life license plate.

Please sign the Choose Life NC petition to show NC Legislators your support of the NC Choose Life license plate. Go to: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ncchooselife/ to sign the petition. Your email address will not be used for any purpose other than this petition.

To keep updated on this important bill go to: http://www.nnchoose-life.org.

Thank you for your support.

White House confirms 2 million RED ENVELOPES

White House confirms it got 2 million red envelopes
President's mail worker claims letter campaign 1 of largest in 35 years

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Posted: April 06, 2009
8:21 pm Eastern

By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

The White House mail office has confirmed it received a "deluge" of as many as 2.25 million red envelopes symbolizing the empty promise of lives snuffed out in abortion in a massive campaign that was larger than most White House mailing movements in the last 35 years.

White House mail worker "Steve" has handled letters for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for more than three decades. Every single package and letter destined for the White House goes through his office.

Asked if he has seen a flood of red envelopes bound for the White House, Steve chuckled.

"Uh, yes," he said emphatically. "Believe me, they made it here."

Steve said while Obama has been occupied in Europe, his administration has noticed millions of red envelopes on behalf of aborted children.

"Quite frankly, there was definitely a deluge of mail coming through," he laughed. "I had to handle them all."

"I've been here 35 years, so I've seen presidents come and go," Steve told WND. "This campaign ranks up there with the big ones."

The Red Envelope Project is an idea sparked in the mind and prayers of a Massachusetts man, Christ Otto, who envisioned in January thousands of red envelopes sent to the White House, a visual expression of moral outrage over the president's position on abortion.

On the backs of the envelopes, senders wrote a message Otto composed: "This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception."

The original project began small, but when Otto sent out an email to friends asking them to join him in the envelope effort, the symbolic gesture spread through the Internet like wildfire – eventually resulting in delivery of as many as 2.25 million red envelopes.

"Last Tuesday 2.25 million were sent all together," Otto told WND. "There were 1 million sent before that date. I keep getting e-mails, and I know that people are still sending them. This past weekend, there were at least 10,000 more sent just from churches announcing it on Sunday."

The Catholic News Agency reports that a consortium of 11 different student groups at the University of Notre Dame, in protest of the university's invitation of Barack Obama to speak at graduation, plan to hand deliver a surge of the red envelopes to the pro-abortion president when he arrives to give the commencement address in May.

Otto said he expected no response from the White House.

"On Thursday their goal is to remove the conscience clause on physicians," he said. "So, they don't want any press."

However, WND was successful in confirming that the red envelopes did arrive.

Asked if he hopes President Obama will be influenced by the campaign Otto said, "I really hope that he is seeing them. I know that somebody in Washington is seeing them, for whatever that's worth. I do hope that it changes the president's heart."

He continued, "I also know that there are many people in our government – in both political parties – who believe that life and freedom are controlled by the state. They want to control who lives and who dies. So, it's not just the president, but there are lots of people in Washington who need to know that this was an important thing and that they are out of step with the people."

The Red Envelope Project has been provided with letters to cease and desist because it allegedly infringes upon trademark and copyright of another organization, but Otto said the campaign will comply with copyright issues and continue its work once the legal matters have been resolved. Details of the new campaign have not been released.

Nonetheless, Otto said the Red Envelope campaign was a resounding success.

"It has made a difference, regardless of what happened in Washington," he said. "Just the numbers of children that have been involved are huge. It's gotten a lot of people talking about the value of life. To me, that's priceless."

Prayer Request- Amanda

Please pray for Amanda. She is a young mom who has participated in our programs at Lois' Lodge. Since leaving our program Amanda has married, had a second child and she and her husband (the father of both of her children) have been residing in Jackson Park. They have been making tremendous strides in spiritual and personal growth. They have attended church regularly and both profess to be Christians. Both have been working and they have been very proud that they have saved a significant amount of money. Jamel, who is Amanda's husband was going back to school at Central Piedmont to get his high school diploma and had been dialoging with the Army. He planned to enter the service after he graduated. Last Saturday night Jamel was walking home from the bus stop after work and was killed by a hit and run driver. Needless to say Amanda and everyone that has been close to this young family is traumatized. Please pray that all involved will sense God's presence and experience his peace. Pray that Amanda will continue to make progress in creating a good life for her family.

Doctor's Protections on Abortions Being Removed

President Obama Starts Process of Removing Doctors' Protections on Abortions
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) --

The White House quietly announced on Friday that President Barack Obama is starting the process of overturning protections President Bush put in place to make sure medical staff and centers are not forced to do abortions. The move is the latest that will add to Obama's growing pro-abortion record. Existing federal laws already make it so doctors and hospitals are not required to perform abortions. Because those laws aren't always followed, the Bush administration added additional protections.Bush officials noted a pattern of grant recipients being unaware of or flouting existing laws protecting medical professionals’ rights of conscience. So, HHS enacted the new regulations to require grantees to certify compliance with them in order to receive funds. In August, 2008 the Department of Health and Human Services proposed regulations to strengthen those existing laws. The regulations were finalized on December 18, 2008 and went into effect January 20, 2009. Abortion advocates complained about the new regulations and made false claims that they would somehow deny women access to birth control even though the regulations do not limit or restrict any legal practice or product. Three pro-abortion groups and pro-abortion attorneys general from seven states filed a lawsuit to overturn the rules and today's news makes it clear the Obama administration is preparing its own move to rescind them. Obama officials told the Chicago Tribune that they are opening up a 30-day public comment period, after which they will roll back the protections for medical personnel and facilities.