The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will speak at a St. Joseph event this month.
The St. Joseph Pregnancy Resource Center’s annual Sweet Legacy event begins with a dessert social followed by a program.
PRC Executive Director Libby Owens said the program features keynote speaker Dr. Alveda King.
“She’s just a great speaker in the pro-life community,” Owens said. “Also I think her personal stories, of course, are pretty amazing and we can learn a lot from her experiences, her family experiences and just her perspective on life.”
Owens said the Sweet Legacy event is a free event which serves as a fundraiser for the organization and also as an opportunity to learn more about the PRC.
“St. Joseph PRC has been around for 18-19 years, started by Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church as a ministry and now look at us,” Owens said. “We’re a 501c3 organization receiving no government funding. Yet I really feel like there are people in the 15 county that still don’t know about us and our services, so this would be a great time for them to come out and learn about PRC.”
Owens said some of the services the St. Joseph PRC offers include clinic services, post-abortion recovery services and the My Baby and Me classes.
“They’re learning the skills, how to care for the child, what to expect, different things like that,” Owens said. “So it’s a wonderful time, a bonding, as a mother and understanding the baby but also getting that support from other moms that are in the same trimester in pregnancy. With that, too, comes the “baby boutique” so they can go in and get diapers and wipes and the clothes that they need. How wonderful it is to see these moms that are maybe four months from having their baby and they’re already getting all the supplies that they need so they can be ready and that’s a big part of it, just helping them feel confident in that pregnancy.”
The St. Joseph PRC’s Sweet Legacy event begins with a dessert social at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7:30 p.m. on September 13th at the Civic Arena. For more information or to register, call (816) 387-8090 or click here.