tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30177369276646767182024-03-05T02:13:33.914-08:00BIRTHLINE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-81139868772354769752016-01-12T11:43:00.001-08:002016-01-12T11:43:24.445-08:00We love our donors<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">May God bless you all abundantly in 2016! A shout out to our generous donors. We have a new year donation of tutus and this one is going to make a little girl very happy! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIz6RgsGgoVJ9YcrkBympQteNiWwLrN9CcsfuckAVWd2afco4jwlXIF85e-tFkCti0OBLqiNzcf1McAK9kubeFtdXxF2xhC8A_w-633aZnhXJgzaeMSP3qdwwdyMRT7vE1vzOfsC-zqs/s640/blogger-image--350754585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIz6RgsGgoVJ9YcrkBympQteNiWwLrN9CcsfuckAVWd2afco4jwlXIF85e-tFkCti0OBLqiNzcf1McAK9kubeFtdXxF2xhC8A_w-633aZnhXJgzaeMSP3qdwwdyMRT7vE1vzOfsC-zqs/s640/blogger-image--350754585.jpg"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-15462134255071944122015-09-29T15:30:00.000-07:002015-09-29T15:30:01.778-07:00Community Partnerships: JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Birthline partners with many community organizations to benefit our clients. One such partnership is with Amy Fernandez (pictured below center), the owner of the franchise, Just Between Friends. She recently donated to one of our needy families pictured with her below. Amy is very generous! She also gives us all the donations that do not sell for our clients! Thank you Amy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Baby Yareli and her devoted mom Jacqueline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The generous donor Amy Fernandez with mom and baby Romero.</span></div>
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Jacqueline and Lionel Romero and their family, Rubin age 5, Leah age 2 and baby Yareli were selected for the free Shopping Spree at the Just Between Friends event on September 3rd at the Jacobs Center Auditorium. Amy Fernandez, the owner of the franchise generously gave one of our Birthline clients over $150 worth of merchandise. The family was selected due to their needs. Baby Yareli is a medically fragile one month old, who will undergo several surgeries in the next few years. She is thriving at this time due her mother's dedication to breastfeeding and Jacqueline and her whole family's love and care. Birthline is providing Case Management to assist with all County services, meeting their housing needs, referrals for completion of her High School Diploma and child care. The family is very grateful for the fun day of shopping and the support of Birthline and Just Between Friends.</div>
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This is the time of year we hold our biggest fundraiser to pay rent and buy much needed diapers, food, clothing and more for our Birthline of San Diego clients. The Walk for Life is for EVERYONE who loves & cares about babies and families!!!</div>
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Birthline is a non profit pro-life organization that is over 35 years old. There is no paid staff. 100% of our staff are volunteers, including our Director of the Clairemont office, Sharon Shelton & Tricia Corrao, Director of our Chula Vista office.</div>
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At Birthline, we give help to young pregnant mothers and mothers of babies and young children up to age 5. We provide clothing, diapers, formula, food and some larger baby items when they are available. The most important thing we do is help young mothers and mothers to be by listening to them and pointing them in the right direction that will help them and their babies grow to be happy contributing adults. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The day Myesha came home from the hospital with her triplets!</span></div>
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This lttle boy is overjoyed to receive a book from Birthline today!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-77212970826825224802015-09-08T11:37:00.003-07:002015-09-08T11:46:30.590-07:00Saving VictoriaNew baby Victoria is a miracle baby. Her mom was told to have an abortion due to a tumor on her ovary. Mom gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby girl, Victoria. 10 days later she had the tumor removed and praise God it was benign. Mom and baby are doing well and so grateful for the support of Birthine during a scarey time in her life.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-65530190500674277392015-09-08T11:30:00.003-07:002015-09-08T11:30:46.078-07:00It Takes A Village<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ahida is one of our most grateful clients. She is thankful for the breastfeeding help she received from our Lactation Consultant and suggestions for starting solid foods as well as the emotional and material support she receives as she raises her baby. Mothers & fathers need as much love & care as we can give.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-14567057753135515132015-08-25T14:49:00.001-07:002015-08-25T14:58:57.879-07:00Birthline Donations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-18777895855712018352015-08-11T16:58:00.000-07:002015-08-11T16:58:00.399-07:00Blessings of an Unplanned Pregnancy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over six years ago on a Tuesday a 19 year old girl from NY was brought into Birthline of San Diego by a teacher from the school she had been attending, a post-high school design school. In the second semester of school, she and an old boyfriend connected up and she became pregnant. The boyfriend split, her parents cut all ties with her as did the rest of her family. One of her teachers found her sobbing on the curb outside of school. She asked him to take her to an abortion clinic and instead he brought her to Birthline. One of our Birthline volunteers, spent the next two years helping her get and stay on her feet. She found her a bed at Cortez Hill after many phone calls, wait lists and interviews. She had no car so we assisted her with transportation (going above and beyond the call of a volunteer) to get her to Birthline and other resources in the community. Friends of Birthline in LA donated necessary baby items as well as maternity clothes. With the help of Cortez Hill, we found her a doctor at Sharp Mary Birch hospital and got her signed up with WIC (Women, Infants and Children). She gave birth to a healthy baby boy and she was so thrilled to be a new mother. She could not believe she ever considered having an abortion. Her baby boy was such a beautiful blessing. Our client did some job training programs and started looking for a minimum wage job for starters. Birthline continued to help her with diapers and other baby supplies. She began to share photos of her baby boy with her family and when he was 9 months old her family had a change of heart and sent her a ticket home. She was thrilled. We helped her ship her baby items back home and put mom and baby on a flight to NY.<br />
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That was 6 years ago and the mom recently reconnected with us on facebook. She is now married and they have a baby girl and run a family business. They spend lots of time with grandparents and we could not be happier for her and her baby who almost wasn't.<br />
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This is what Birthline is all about. We are here in a time of crisis to stay with a client until they get back on their feet and can create a good life for their babies.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-79801478609966717082015-08-07T16:00:00.000-07:002015-08-07T16:00:01.866-07:00Walk for Life 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are three of the beautiful children of this mother of five who came to Birthline hoping we could make her life a little easier. Through an anonymous donation (this stroller was left at our front door last week!) we are able to provide her with a double stroller for her 3 month old baby girl and her one year old son. On this visit she was able to walk over to CCSA and obtain food and enroll three of her children in the CCSA backpack program. Thank you to all who donate to Birthline of San Diego in any way. Your charitable gift it put to good use. </div>
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Did you know Birthline is 100% volunteer run? Noone gets paid, not even our director. We are all rewarded with the joys of giving. Amelie, a granddaughter of one of our volunteers, is spending part of her summer sorting toys for our clients & helping to organize our office. It is never too soon to teach the next generation to feel the heart warming gift of giving back.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-5120995440822317482015-08-03T15:23:00.000-07:002015-08-03T15:23:12.623-07:002015 Birthline Walk for Life OCTOBER 4, Sunday!We are getting organized for our annual Walk for Life. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year! Save the date and join us to help young families living in poverty who give life to their babies.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-8914741460034381052014-05-21T14:25:00.000-07:002014-05-21T14:25:24.016-07:00EVERYONE IS INVITED TO THE BIRTHLINE CHILI COOKOFF FUNDRAISER<br />
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One day at Birthline, a mom came in with her 3 children. She needed some material support to get through the month. She shared with our volunteer, Camille, that her oldest son was turning 8 and she had no money to buy him a gift. We looked around the office but we had no age appropriate toys. </div>
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Camille was inspired by the Holy Spirit to involve her grandsons aged 11, 8, 6 & 2. They clean out their toys for Lent at their home in LA. Camille told the boys what was needed. They all worked together (nothing short of a miracle for brothers!) and created a great Hot Wheels game for the child's birthday including writing out the instructions on how to play the game! They gave extra cars that Camille put in a great toy car case found at a consignment shop. </div>
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This needy mom is coming in after Easter to pick up this generous birthday gift for her son. No doubt he will be thrilled!<br />
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What a joy to see brothers working together to provide a great gift for one of our Birthline clients. The boys are awaiting word on how the birthday present is received and if the little 8 year old needs more help with the instructions!</div>
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When this grateful family we are helping, gets back on their feet, they will continue the circle of giving & kindness and do the same for someone else. We, at Birthline are blessed with so many opportunities to give and what a double blessing to teach the joy of giving to our children and grandchildren. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017736927664676718.post-25881635673336308522014-04-04T10:56:00.000-07:002014-04-04T13:23:53.343-07:00MARCH 2014<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We now have available some of our 2013 statistics (Clairemont Office only). The numbers show that we had almost DOUBLE the number of visits from 2012. We had 2936, almost 3,000 client visits in 2013. We gave out emergency food to 2216 clients! Provided over 52,000 diapers or 3,293 bags of diapers and 211 layettes!</span><br />
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At our March Staff meeting, we had a representative from the FIRST FIVE STEPS HOME VISITING PROGRAM come to talk about the work they do that our clients can benefit from. It is great to know our clients have another resource in the community to help them raise their precious little children.<br />
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Angela Elfman along with some of our other volunteers has been going above and beyond to get our office files organized and to spend extra time at Birthline with Jeanne Hansen learning the valuable skill of case management for our clients, many of whom have ongoing issues with housing, drug addiction, school, work and more. Following up with these clients helps them to stay focused on their goals.<br />
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Last month a young man came into Birthline with his caseworker and an 8 week old baby. The young man was on crutches. He had been working in LA and after work went to get a bite to eat. On his way into the food store he was shot in the leg eight times by a stranger for no apparent reason. The gun shot wounds require several surgeries in his leg that will take a year and as a result he lost his job. His girlfriend is suffering from mental health issues and is institutionalized. This young man is homeless and unemployed looking after a newborn baby. The homeless shelters that accommodate newborns in San Diego do not take in men. This young man was up against a wall. We were able to refer him to other resources in San Diego where he can get help & we provided him with food, diapers and clothing for his son. We also fitted him with a baby carrier since he cannot carry the baby while using crutches. This young many was up against what seemed like insurmountable obstacles, but with the assistance of Birthline and the other organizations that provide charity for the homeless and young families in need, he will get through this most challenging time in his life.<br />
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