Kansas City Maternity Services Adoption Services

 Want to participate in an event where you can make a difference in the lives of young women and their babies, and have a chance at winning one million dollars?

$1,000,000 Hole in One Shootout

Qualifying Days: September 16th-19th, 2010

Qualifying Location: Family Fun Park
1501 NE Hwy 40
Blue Springs, MO

Final Shootout: Monday, September 20th at 6:30pm

Final Location: Adams Pointe Golf Course
1601 NE R.D. Mize Road
Blue Springs, MO

How it works: One qualifier per day will be selected by either making a hole in one, or by being closest to the hole (if no holes in one are made on that day). On Monday, September 20th, each qualifier will earn the right to participate in what could be the shot of their lifetime!

Price: $1 per ball

All proceeds will benefit the Light House.

Questions? Contact Loren Hatch at 816-872-0150.

Want to help spread the word? Download this flyer to give to your friends and family.

Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to shop for a good cause!

Come to a Garage Sale being put on by a group of nurses from the Intensive Care Nursery at Children’s Mercy Hospital to benefit the life-saving work of the Light House of Kansas City.

WHEN: Saturday, June 5th 2010 at 8am

WHERE: Wornall Road Baptist Church parking lot at 400 W Meyer., KC MO (corner of Meyer and Wornall in Brookside)

For more information about this event, or to donate items for the sale, please contact Jennifer Leeper at 816-361-2233 x216.

All proceeds from this sale will directly benefit Light House clients.

Click to download a Garage Sale Flyer to post at your church or pass out to your friends!

IT’S ALMOST HERE… Walk for Life 2010

Click HERE to see more information about how you can join us as we Walk for Life on Saturday, May 15th!

The Light House is on Facebook!

Are you a Facebook user? The Light House is on Facebook and we want to spread the news (and our reach!). If you aren’t currently a friend of the Light House, you should be!

Plus, did you know that in addition to our Light House page, we are also registered as a Cause on the Facebook network? This means that we can recruit people to our cause, send updates to all our members, and even receive donations! If you haven’t already, you need to sign up to be a Light House friend AND a Light House Cause member. Think of the amazing reach we can have if we spread the word and invite our friends to join our network!

See you soon on Facebook!

Click HERE to go to our Cause page, and HERE to go to our Fan Page.

The Light House has been blessed by the talents and energies of many volunteers throughout its quarter century of existence.  Without this dedicated group of individuals, the Light House would not have endured for so many years, and, subsequently, might not have been around to save the lives of so many babies.

Volunteering for any non-profit requires an investment of time and energy, but, most importantly, it demands a desire on the part of a volunteer, to improve the lives of others, even through the completion of seemingly mundane tasks like stuffing envelopes or filing. Volunteers are not paid employees and as such, are typically assigned the less glamorous projects and responsiblities within an organization.

Some volunteers log an hour of service with an organization, while others devote thousands of hours to non-profits, and maybe only occasionally hear a ‘thank you’ or ‘good job’. Volunteering is supposed to be a reward in and of itself, but if there is no gratitude expressed for a job well done the incentive for a volunteer to continue investing his or her time and energies  in a particular organization is eclipsed by this lack of appreciation. 

That being said, we at the Light House would like to reiterate how very thankful we are to all of our volunteers, who have and do contribute to the success of this ministry. Without your help, we might not have survived to celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2009. With your help, we will not only survive, but thrive during the next 25 years of ministry.

Jennifer

As the month of January wanes and thoughts of spring replace already stagnating intentions to achieve New Year’s resolutions, those of us at the  Light House also look ahead in the year to May, when the grass will be freshly mowed and hundreds of walkers will descend upon the MidAmerica Nazarene University campus for a ‘Walk for Life’.

The walk will raise funds that will directly benefit Light House clients. The event will also emphasize the importance of the preservation and protection of innocent, unborn life. It will be celebrate and honor life in all phases of development.

Currently, we are in the beginning stages of planning this event and like anything in its infancy, this process is still unsteady in most details.  There are volunteers to recruit and committees to organize, and amidst this seemingly ceaseless barrage of activity it’s easy to forget that God should be the true navigator of every ministry and His will should be the tail fire of every push toward each goal.

So, please pray for sunshine and for God’s blessing upon the walk in May, because no matter how much planning we do ourselves, the end result will always rest in His hands.

Jennifer

“[We] want to take this opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate all that the Light House has done for ‘Mary’ and us. 

“Mary’s story began two weeks before her 18th birthday. She had been working at her first job at Taco Bell and had started a relationship with her 29-year-old boss. Later, on her 18th birthday, she dropped out of high school and again moved in with this man. 

“During the course of the next three months she became pregnant and realized her mistakes. When she begged to move home, we refused. In the period she was gone we had connected with a parent support group at our church. That organization along with the Light House helped us deal with her situation. We gave Mary a choice… find a friend to move in with or call the Light House. She briefly moved in with friends and soon realized she needed serious support. 

“When Mary was in 2nd or 3rd grade, we as a family volunteered at the Benedictine location of the Light House to remodel a room. We knew that it was a loving, caring place and it’s staff was the best. Mary was accepted and moved in; she was enrolled in high school and Medicaid, and was given counseling and much information and education about her impending pregnancy. It was difficult for her to be there for such a long time but she grew as a person, from child to adult. Mary had chosen adoption from the very beginning; no one forced her to make that decision. Being adopted herself, she had grown to understand what adoption can mean to all parties involved.  With the help of the Light House, Mary picked a family for her child and has had no regrets.  

“We let Mary move back into our home. She will start Junior College in the spring, she’s looking for a job and will be buying a car. She is back dating her 18 year old boyfriend and planning a future. None of this would have been possible without the love and help of the Light House staff. My wife and I feel that we have our daughter back; she’s more respectful, helpful and kind. I asked Mary what she learned from the Light House, and she said it has helped her be a better person.  Again, many thanks to all of you.”

“I am a mother of a child who gave birth and chose adoption. Or should I say I am a mother whose baby had a baby. That is the only thing that went through my mind for a long time… that MY baby was going to have a baby. How could this be? She was fifteen [when] she gave birth. 

“Choosing adoption may be the ‘responsible’ decision to make, but that doesn’t make it an easy decision to make. It wasn’t a question of, ‘Could my daughter be a good mother?’ I knew she could. But, it was a question of, ‘Is it the best time for my daughter to be a mother?’ But, after all we have been through, I can honestly tell you now that I rest each night without guilt, worry or anxiety. I am actually at complete peace. With God’s help of course. 

“One of the most promising things that God showed me was that we were not losing a baby, but rather we were gaining an entire family. I know that some day we will not only be reunited with our grandchild, but also with her entire adoptive family who loves her just as much as we do. God has just chosen them to be a sort of permanent babysitter for us until the timing is right for our daughter and her daughter to meet. I cannot say enough about how much I love our adoptive family we chose. They are precious to our family; not just to my daughter, but to our entire family. We really bonded with them.  

“There is a HAPPY ending to all of this. It has only been four months since the adoption, but I can say that we made it through ok and we are moving forward.  My daughter is back to herself again. She is moving forward with school and sports and regaining her social life that she abandoned. I truly think we are moving on to the ‘better place’ we focused on during the entire process.”

“I enjoyed staying at the Light House. It was a great experience where they taught me how to be a great mother.

 ”One of the things I enjoyed most was the College Coaches. If not for [them] I would never have dreamed of a college career. They helped me with financial aid and class selection and all the issues related to going to college. I know that my college degree will change my life forever. 

“Now for the big news! My baby was a real Light House baby. You see, my baby was not born at the hospital like the other thousands of Light House babies. No, my baby was born AT the Light House! 

“After a trip to the hospital and careful monitoring by health care professionals, I was instructed to return to the Light House for the evening. Later that night, my baby chose to be born, and to be born very quickly! 

“I cried out for help and in seconds the trained Light House staff was right there with me, helping me and calling 911. Within minutes, before the ambulance arrived, my little baby came into the world. 

“My baby and I are just fine! I have no idea what might have happened to me and my baby if I had not been at the Light House. I can’t imagine what would have happened if the Light House staff weren’t seconds away when I needed them. 

“Thanks to your support of the Light House I had a place to live, and my baby was born safe and healthy! So you see, my baby is a real Light House baby! 

“Please continue to support the Light House so young moms like me can always have a safe place to live when they need it most.”

Another Life Being Impacted by God Through the Light House
Barb’s Story

“Have you ever dreaded something with all your being to learn that it was one of the best things you could have ever done? I felt that in full force during my experience with The Light House. If asked now, I would say my time at The Light House impacted me greatly. However, when I first came to the maternity home at 17 years old, things were a little rough. I didn’t want to be at the house. I spent many of my first days crying and kept to myself. Within two to three weeks, I got into trouble, which made me not want to be there even more. I just wanted to be home so I refused to participate—I was not going to give in.

“All the other girls kept telling me that things would get better so I finally decided to stop being mad and just have fun. Within a few days, I began to see changes in myself. I began to see how much the staff and the other girls really cared about me so I let my guard down a bit and began to participate in the daily devotions and prayer time. I enjoyed it. I began to make friends and worked with my therapist, Nicole, to help me with the issues I was dealing with. In time, I met many of my goals, including getting a job. I had a great job which I really liked.

“In addition to my job, the Light House helped me find a great doctor. He was the same doctor that so many other Light House mom’s used and that made me feel comfortable. I really liked him and liked that I was getting such great care—both for myself and my baby.

“When my baby was born, I was so overjoyed to know that I had a healthy baby. Even now that my baby is born, I still attend the Outreach Program at The Light House. Because I met the goals Nicole and I laid out for me, I was able to return home and  I continue to grow as a person and as a mother. I recommend The Light House to others I know who may need a place that provides unconditional love and support during their pregnancy.”

-Barb, age 17

Due to the assistance she received through the College Coach program, Barb received a full-ride scholarship to Avila University. She began classes in the fall of 2009; despite a tough courseload, she finished with a 3.8 GPA! Barb was also gifted a car to drive to and from work and school, thanks to one of our generous donors.