Volunteers Wanted for Campaign Promotion
Donor Desired to Underwrite E-Mail Service & Fund Purchases
Men Wanted for “Knight Shift” at the Sidewalk
Local News
Welcome New Team Members
Graphic Images Come to University of Nevada, Reno
Campaign Materials
Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More
Coming Events
Vigil of Mourning, Sept 13, 6 pm
Baby Shower for Infant Saved at the Sidewalk Sat Sept 19 – 10:30 am
Our Lady Rings a Rosary for Life Around Lake Tahoe - Sept 18-20
Fall Campaign Kick-Off Rally – Weds September 23rd 7 pm
Watch Our Updates for Other Exciting Fall Events
Assistance Sought
40 Days for Life will be participating on Sunday at a Church picnic and possibly on Saturday afternoon as well. Are you available to stand at a booth and invite others to join us as we Pray to End Abortion? We will also be promoting the campaign at this Thursday’s Catholic Professional & Business Group breakfast. We’d love to see you there!
Donors Desired to Underwrite E-Mail Service & Fund Purchases
For the campaign this Fall we hope to use a professional e-mail distribution service. This is another expense you can help support. Please donate by sending a check to Carol Marie at PO Box 7548, Tahoe City, CA 96145.
We are pleased to announce that Heritage House has extended their sale, so we are able to purchase the items needed for the campaign at rock bottom prices. Please donate to allow us to get a banner which will be used when promoting the campaign, as well as at our various rallies. We would also like to purchase 50 lawn signs for distribution during the campaign, through our Door-to-Door campaign and to local volunteers and churches. Bumper stickers, bookmarks and business cards with Post-Abortion healing information are additional items we would like to be able to distribute.
We would also like to get the quantity pricing on the banners. To do this, we are hoping that several area churches will purchase a banner for their own use, through us. When we have 5 banners, each will cost only $89 apiece, reduced from full price at $165, near 50% in savings.
Men Wanted for “Knight Shift” at the Sidewalk
We are looking for men to cover the Knight Shift during the coming 40 Days for Life campaign, which runs from September 23 – November 1st, to ensure that there is prayer coverage at the sidewalk from 6 pm – 6 am.
Local News
Welcome New Team Members
The pace has slowed some, but we continue to welcome new members to the team. Are you prepared to step forward?
Calendar Managers
If you would like to join us at the sidewalk and you’re uncertain how to get onto the schedule, feel free to contact the Calendar Manager for the day when you would like to volunteer. Their contact information is available on-line at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/ContactUs
Note, there are separate calendars for Reno and Carson City. IF you would like to be a Calendar Manager for the Carson City vigil site, please step forward.
Church / School / Group Coordinators - New members
Holy Family Church - Christine & Cassie Potter
Holy Rosary Mission Church - Christine & Cassie Potter
MOM’s Group – Immaculate Conception - Karen Mowry
Is your church listed on our website? If so, contact your Church Coordinator and offer to assist them with Adopt a Day at your church. It takes a team of people to work the tables after church, signing up the members of your congregation. If you have multiple services each Sunday, this increases the number of people who can assist in this effort.
If your church isn’t listed, please take it to prayer to determine if you are called to help us promote the 40 Days for Life to your church community. Even if you don’t coordinate an Adopt-a-Day, you can encourage individuals to gather in prayer, either at the sidewalk, at your church or in a home. We are raised up on the prayers and fasting of individuals from their own homes and to get that prayer support, people need to know about our campaign. You can help us in this effort, by simply forwarding our emails to family and friends, encouraging them to subscribe.
Events – Planners & Volunteers
Ring a Rosary Fri – Sun, Sept 18-20 - Carol Marie
Kick-Off Rally Wednesday, September 23, 7 pm Volunteers Needed
Life Chain – Reno Sunday, October 4, 2-3:30 pm - Elizabeth Labat
Wrap-up Rally Sunday, November 1, tbd Volunteers Needed
Our Kick-Off Rally will be held at the West End Abortion site, located at 5915 Tyrone Rd., Reno at 7:00 pm. We are working on plans for something special before the Rally, watch for details for this exciting component to the day, but block off time starting at 6:15 pm just in case! Can you help us with the planning and execution?
We would also like to hold an end of the campaign Celebration. Is this something you can either help plan, or provide volunteer assistance in its execution?
Door-to-Door Campaign Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers to man the door-to-door campaign during the Fall campaign. This is a family friendly volunteer activity allows you to be an ambassador of our effort to bring people together as we Pray to End Abortion.
Campaign Support Positions
Webmaster - Suzie Ama
Blogmaster - Veronica Tarquinio
Suzie and Veronica will be assisting in our on-line communications with volunteers and the public, through our website and our blog. I would like to personally thank them for making my life easier!
Calendar Managers
If you would like to join us at the sidewalk and you’re uncertain how to get onto the schedule, feel free to contact the Calendar Manager for the day when you would like to volunteer. Their contact information is available on-line at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/ContactUs
Note, there are separate calendars for Reno and Carson City. IF you would like to be a Calendar Manager for the Carson City vigil site, please step forward.
Church / School / Group Coordinators - New members
Holy Family Church - Christine & Cassie Potter
Holy Rosary Mission Church - Christine & Cassie Potter
MOM’s Group – Immaculate Conception - Karen Mowry
Is your church listed on our website? If so, contact your Church Coordinator and offer to assist them with Adopt a Day at your church. It takes a team of people to work the tables after church, signing up the members of your congregation. If you have multiple services each Sunday, this increases the number of people who can assist in this effort.
If your church isn’t listed, please take it to prayer to determine if you are called to help us promote the 40 Days for Life to your church community. Even if you don’t coordinate an Adopt-a-Day, you can encourage individuals to gather in prayer, either at the sidewalk, at your church or in a home. We are raised up on the prayers and fasting of individuals from their own homes and to get that prayer support, people need to know about our campaign. You can help us in this effort, by simply forwarding our emails to family and friends, encouraging them to subscribe.
Events – Planners & Volunteers
Ring a Rosary Fri – Sun, Sept 18-20 - Carol Marie
Kick-Off Rally Wednesday, September 23, 7 pm Volunteers Needed
Life Chain – Reno Sunday, October 4, 2-3:30 pm - Elizabeth Labat
Wrap-up Rally Sunday, November 1, tbd Volunteers Needed
Our Kick-Off Rally will be held at the West End Abortion site, located at 5915 Tyrone Rd., Reno at 7:00 pm. We are working on plans for something special before the Rally, watch for details for this exciting component to the day, but block off time starting at 6:15 pm just in case! Can you help us with the planning and execution?
We would also like to hold an end of the campaign Celebration. Is this something you can either help plan, or provide volunteer assistance in its execution?
Door-to-Door Campaign Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers to man the door-to-door campaign during the Fall campaign. This is a family friendly volunteer activity allows you to be an ambassador of our effort to bring people together as we Pray to End Abortion.
Campaign Support Positions
Webmaster - Suzie Ama
Blogmaster - Veronica Tarquinio
Suzie and Veronica will be assisting in our on-line communications with volunteers and the public, through our website and our blog. I would like to personally thank them for making my life easier!
Graphic Images Come to University of Nevada, Reno
There are a range of methods for helping others to appreciate the reality of what abortion really means. One of these methods is the use of graphic images. Don Blythe and his companions from Sacramento have been in town displaying their graphic images on the UNR campus. While the use of graphic images isn’t incorporated into the 40 Days for Life campaign, they have been shown to help young college students reassess what abortion really is. And this is the age-group most likely to find themselves facing an unexpected pregnancy. Therefore, this method of sharing the Truth, although difficult to stomach, saves lives.
Campaign Materials
Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More
Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage. If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items, for free. They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year. And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available! To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp
Coming Events
Vigil of Mourning, Sept 13, 6 pm
The Divine Mercy Chaplet is said on the 13th of each month as this prayer group gathers to mourn the lives that have never been lived due to the tragedy of abortion. Join them as they pray for the Divine Mercy of Our Lord Jesus Christ, for all who are involved in abortion, either by having had one, having encouraged someone else to get one, or who have participated in performing an abortion. May God have mercy on them all.
Baby Shower for Infant Saved at the Sidewalk Sat Sept 19 – 10:30 am
During the final week of our Spring campaign, a baby was saved from abortion and we now have the opportunity to participate in a baby shower for the mother and child. If you would like to contribute to the baby shower, but don’t anticipate being able to attend, we would gladly arrange to bring your gift to the mother.
Sr. Carmen will be holding this shower in a room attached to her office in the Our Lady of Snows Parish Center, located at 1200 S. Arlington Ave, Reno. The door to the offices is located to the right of the ramp. RSVP’s are not necessary. Please come and welcome this life into the world and show this mother that we appreciate the choice she has made to give her child life.
A ProLife Family Pilgrimage Around Lake Tahoe - Sept 18-20
In advance of the 40 Days for Life campaign, there will be a Catholic ProLife Family Pilgrimage around Lake Tahoe, as one home in each parish around the lake is opened for a presentation on the miracles of Fatima and prayer. The Tahoe visits will begin with Mass at the Queen of the Snows Church in Squaw Valley, at 5:30, Friday Sept 18. Before arriving in Tahoe, there will be an Our Lady of Fatima visit in Truckee at the home of Jim and Janice Rhode, from 2 – 4 in the afternoon, also on Friday, Sept 18. For details on all the Tahoe area visits, go to: www.CorpusChristi-Tahoe.org/OFL.
Fall Campaign Kick-Off Rally – Weds September 23rd 7 pm
Join us as we gather at the abortion site on Wednesday, Sept 23rd, at 7 pm to kick-off what will be the best campaign we’ve had yet! We will be gathering across the street from the West End Abortion Site, located at 5915 Tyrone Rd, Reno. For a map to the location, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/WestEnd And keeps your eyes open for a future announcement of an exciting add-on to this event, scheduled to begin at 6:15 pm at a location to be announced.
Watch Our Updates for Other Exciting Fall Events
We are planning to again offer our Vigil Volunteer Workshop, through which you can learn how to participate in bringing the Love of Christ to the sidewalk. If you would like to preview the program, feel free to view the slides from the previous presentation, located on our website at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/VigilVolunteerWorkshop Would your church like to host the workshop? If so, contact us to make the necessary arrangements.
The River Rock Christian Fellowship is planning to come to the abortion site and blow the shofar. Watch for details of when they will be at the sidewalk.
October 4 is National Life Chain Sunday. Elizabeth Labat has stepped forward to coordinate the effort. Please ensure you have ordered signs for your church by Sept 18, so we have sufficient time to get them from the printer. It is best to distribute them after church services immediately before the Life Chain event, as the presence of them being distributed frequently results in additional people joining in the event, as they see what is happening.
What event would you like to see to spread the truth that Abortion Kills Children? Please step forward and we will support you by publicizing your efforts through our distribution that now reaches over 500 email accounts, not even counting the numerous churches and pastors on our list.
For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at:www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe
look for us on FaceBook
Or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573
