BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER
HGOLDFINGER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM
AUBURN —
Women’s Hope has been doing its work in Lee County for 40 years now, changing lives.
Women’s Hope is a pregnancy and crisis center, dedicated to helping those in need consider their options and make life-affirming choices.
Women’s Hope offers options, prenatal care, client advocates, a fatherhood program, a motherhood program, a Spanish ministry and more.
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, Women’s Hope held its annual fundraising gala to celebrate this milestone birthday. The event was held at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center.
“We need your prayers, most of all,” said Daria Monroe, executive director at Women’s Hope Medical Clinic, at the event. “We need your support, and there’s so many ways you can support, it’s not just financially, but come in and volunteer, bring baby items.”
Women’s Hope is not just reaching born-and-raised Alabamians, Monroe said, but the nations at large.
“We are truly homeland missionaries right here in Lee County,” Monroe said. “We, back in 2017, I had the staff count how many different nations they knew had come to Women’s Hope and been served. At that time, there were over 25 nations.”
Women’s Hope is a Christian-based ministry.
“We see about 1,000 individuals every year, and about 3% of them are from the Middle East,” Monroe said. “And I have a heart for those nations there, that they never hear Christ in their own nation.”
Monroe said that both women and men come into their clinic and hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Two women with testimonies from Women’s Hope shared their stories during the event and a live ultrasound was performed on screen, too.
The gala had the goal of raising funding for projects and needs within the community and facility. Those in attendance were given cards to fill out, sharing whether they would be willing to give monthly or one-time.
Ultimately, Women’s Hope raised just over $340,400 during the gala.
“Tonight, what I’m asking you to do is give,” said Pastor Jeff Meyers with First Baptist Opelika. “There’s a lot of different analogies that we can use to give. We talk about giving sacrificially, we talk about giving extravagantly, but I want you to think about these first. You saw the pictures of the babies, you heard the testimonies. What’s the price for that? Can you really put one on it?”
Anyone who finds themselves in an uncertain pregnancy situation can contact Women’s Hope at 334-502-7000.
Women’s Hope offers the following services: abortion information, adoption agency referrals, adoption information, maternity and infant supplies, medical referrals, parenting education, post-abortion support, pregnancy options information, pregnancy tests, support for men, ultrasound (onsite).