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UPCOMING EVENTS

MONTHLY MEETINGS 75 FRANKLIN DR. STRATFORD

1:00 P.M. 4TH TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH EXCEPT JULY & DEC

PICKETING

LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH 4-5 P.M. IN FRONT OF LHSC AT

WELLINGTON & COMMISSIONERS RD. LONDON CALL TERRY MILLER: 519-393-8400

AREA REPRESENTATIVES MEETING

SATURDAY SEPT. 14, 2013 - 7 P.M. 75 FRANKLIN DR. STRATFORD, ON

INTERNATIONAL PLOUGHING MATCH

SEPT 17 – 21, 2013 MITCHELL, ON VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! CALL ELISABETH 519-271-7233

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WITH ELECTIONS

TUESDAY, SEPT 24, 2013 7 P.M. ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH HALL, STRATFORD

LIFE CHAIN

SUNDAY OCTOBER 6, 2013 2:00 – 3: P.M.

HURON AND ONTARIO STREETS MORE DETAILS ON PAGE 3

ALSO – VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY – SEE PAGE 8

ANNUAL DINNER SATURDAY OCT 19 , 2013

KEYNOTE SPEAKER – STEPHANIE GRAY SEE DETAILS IN THIS NEWSLETTER

President’s Message

Elisabeth Dobbe Stratford and District Right to Life starts our new year this fall and we have many plans! We started out as a committee of brave people willing to inform society of the truths and dangers of abortion. I wish I could say the battle has been won, but “rights” trump reason and moral truth. Our Annual Membership Drive will begin on October 1, 2013. Your membership renewal is our Lifeline! Please show that you care about the future of our families. If you are not a member yet, please consider becoming part of this, your organization, so that we can all work together for the cause of Life. Life Chain will be held on Sunday, October 6th, 2013 form 2-3 p.m. with refreshments served at St. Joseph’s Church Hall afterwards. Please see the important guidelines included in this newsletter. Please plan to attend our Annual Dinner this year on Saturday, October 19th at the Army and Navy Hall, 151 Lorne Avenue, Stratford. We have a very special keynote speaker. Stephanie Grey is a great example for young people. I urge you to bring your children and give them the opportunity to hear Stephanie speak at the dinner. This year, we presented our first bursary in memory of Mary Devlin. The recipients were, Maria Campbell from St. Michael High School, Stratford, and Hanna Simpson from St. Ann High School, Clinton. I wish to extend a huge “thank-you” to all the students who participated in the Art Contest, the teachers and judges, and also to Janet Albert and Jacqui Connolly for organizing the contest. More information and the names of winners are included in this newsletter. I do wish to apologize to those who attended but did not get the pizza we promised. The pizzeria let us down and delivered very late. We extend our sympathy to Betty Gras and her family on the loss of Andy Gras, one of our founding members Andy was a very devoted supporter of the Right to Life cause. Also our sympathy to former board members, Cathy and Howard Culligan and their family on the loss of their son James. May the Lord be with you at this difficult time. We thank all the families for choosing Stratford and District Right to Life as the charity of choice. The donations will be used to continue our pro-life fight. May God bless you all. President Elisabeth

STRATFORD AND DISTRICT RIGHT TO LIFE IS A PRO-LIFE, non-denominational organization of individuals who believe that all life - before and after birth - has a right to care and protection. We try to serve as a centre of information on the abortion issue, and to reach out to all Canadians concerning the preservation and dignity of human life, and also to urge one to take action in our democratic society.

Stratford and District Right to Life

NewsletterSept 2013

Newsletter No.131

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IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS

HELP LINE

1-800-665-0570

Pregnancy Care Centre 519-273-0554

KW Resource Centre

519-886-4001 Help After Abortion

1-800-395-HELP

Homes for Pregnant Moms St. Monica House

231 Herbert Street Waterloo, ON N2J 1V1

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Attention readers! We need your ideas! Do you have an item or story you think might be suitable to share with our membership? Do you have a comment or opinion on one of our articles? Your feedback is important! Please call or email us today! Our editor, Virginia Miller, will be pleased to address your concerns, ideas and comments.

Call 519-393-8400 Email virginiamiller16@gmail.com

ART CONTEST RESULTS On Wednesday June 12, the Stratford & District Right to Life held its awards presentation for the elementary school grades for its Annual Art Contest. The fun night included pizza and juice and fun time in the school playground. The art contest committee was very pleased with the quality and number of entries this year. The prizes awarded were as follows: Grades K to 3 Theme was “Before I was Born” 1st -$15, 2nd -$10, 3rd - $5 Kindergarten 1st - Gregory Herman, Jean Sauve School, Stratford 2nd - Dominic Marshall, St. Patricks, Kinkora 3rd - Julie Van Nyland, St Patricks, Kinkora Hon Men - Porter Smith, St Patricks, Kinkora Grade 1 1st - Meg Schoonerwoerd, St Patricks, Dublin 2nd - Ally DeJong, St Patricks, Kinkora 3rd - Emma Martin, St Ambrose, Stratford Grade 2 1st - Charlie Gonsevles, St Aloysius, Stratford 2nd - Aidin Bauld, St Aloysius, Stratford 3rd -tie - Nadia Kuszewski, Kaden Brame, St Aloysius, Stratford Grade 3 1st - Hilary Dube, St Josephs, Stratford 2nd - Nolan Bannon, St Aloysius, Stratford 3rd - Jocely Boersen, St Patricks, Kinkora Grades 4-6 Theme: “God Created You/Me: All have Value, Young or Old, Strong or Weak” Grade 4 1st - Sam Stewart, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 2nd - 3 way tie: Cassidy Hawco-Palmer, Hannah Jeffrey, & Zoe Hill, St Aloysius 3rd -tie- Zoe Herkick, St Ambrose & Liam Cronan, Sacred Heart, Wingham Grade 5 1st - Savita Brickman-Maxwell, St Aloysius 2nd - tie - Nicole Stelmachuk, St Aloysius, Ashley MacDonald, St Patricks, Kinkora 3rd - Alexis Canarutti, St Aloysius Grade 6 2nd - Natalie Weinheimer, St Aloysius 3rd - April Timmermans, St Patricks Kinkora Hon Men - Grace Shantz, St Aloysius Grade 7-8 1st - Hannah Nemeth, St Aloysius 2nd - Kaitlyn Mathieson, Jean Sauve, Stratford The high school contest winners were awarded earlier at a separate ceremony with 1st prize of $300.00 going to Judith Fischbeck; 2nd prize of $150.00 to Amanda Sinko and a tie for 3rd prize to Dyna Cherian & Jess Coles each receiving $75.00; Honourable Mention to Dayle Van Massenhoven, who received $50.00. The sole entry in the digital art placed Hon Men, was Jacara Droog, receiving $50. Stratford & District Right to Life congratulates all the winners in this very artistic endeavour, and thanks the judges for their time and diligence.

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Stratford and District Right to Life

invites you to join hands

LIFE CHAIN Sunday, October 6, 2013 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Ontario and Huron Streets, Stratford Refreshments to follow

at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall As we gather to support the Right to Life, please observe the following guidelines: stand on the sidewalk, close to the curb so you don’t

impede pedestrians make sure patrons can enter businesses where you are

standing stand at least 1 metre/3 ft. apart holding signs facing the

traffic please pray for and think about the tiny victims of abortion

and be respectfully quiet interact pleasantly with the public if necessary encourage your children to follow the example of prayerful

silence

Stratford and District Right to Life

41st Annual Right to Life Dinner Saturday, October 19th, 2013

Army and Navy Hall

151 Lorne Ave. Stratford

for more information Contact Elisabeth Dobbe

519-271-7233

Social: 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m.

$20.00 Adults $15.00 Students

Key Note Speaker: Stephanie Gray Executive Director of Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform Stephanie  is a seasoned and  international pro‐life speaker who began  speaking  in  1999  at  age  18,  co‐founding  her  national organization  at  20  years  of  age.    She  has  debated  abortion advocates,  including  late‐term  abortionist,  Dr.  Fraser  Fellows.  Her audiences are vast and in many countries. 

A World Values Survey, conducted by a network of social scientists, found Canadians’ ideal number of children is actually 2.7. BY Thaddeus Baklinski OTTAWA,  July  11,  2013  (LifeSiteNews.com)  ‐  The recent  increase  in  Canada's  birthrate  has receded  again,  according  to  the  latest  report from Statistics Canada. In its Fertility Overview of the years 2009 to 2011 released yesterday, StatsCan reported that in  2009  the  total  fertility  rate  dropped  to 1.67,  then  to  1.63  in  2010,  and  to  1.61  in 2011,  the  most  recent  year  for  which  numbers are available. In  2011,  there  were  377,636  births  in  Canada, up slightly from the previous year when 377,213 were born. Both are lower than 2009, when there were 380,863 births. With a total fertility rate of 1.61, Canada is falling  further  and  further  away  from  the  2.1 children  per  woman  required  to  replace  the population in the absence of migration.   "It’s been more than 40 years since Canadians had  enough  children  to  replace  themselves," said  Derek  Miedema,  a  researcher  with  the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadas‐birthrate‐falls‐for‐3rd‐year‐in‐a‐row‐to‐161/  

Do you have your ticket yet? Our raffle tickets are available now – plus we will be selling them at our Annual Dinner on October 19th 2013. The prizes are great! Check it out!

Stratford & District Right to Life 1. Handmade Queen Size Quilt – Donated by Quilt Group

$400.00 2. Limited Edition Print – Donated by Eileen Rothernel

$200.00 3. Car Seat (anonymous) plus Baby Quilt - Donated by Cathy Stevers

$200.00 4. Cash – Donated by Paul Hartman Carpentry

$150.00 5. Men’s and Women’s Watches – Donated by J & C Schoonderwoerd

$150.00 6. Anti-Gravity Lawn Chair – Donated by Walsh Bros. Welding

$100.00 7. Wall Plaque Image of Mozart – Donated by Mike Miller

$ 55.00 8. Gift Card Home Hardware – Donated by St. Marys Building Centre

$ 50.00 9. Decorative Clock – Donated by Mount Carmel C.W.L.

$ 45.00 Draw at Annual Dinner at Army and Navy Hall, 151 Lorne Ave. Stratford

October 19th, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. Tickets $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00

3000 Tickets Printed Licence #M657936

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Doc delivers baby still in Amniotic sac. Would abortion still be OK? Jill Stanek, Washington, LifeSite News, 4/3/13

A Greek doctor posted this incredible picture on his Facebook page of a baby he delivered. And as you can see… it was no ordinary delivery. The baby was delivered via c-section, but was still inside the amniotic sac after being removed from the mother’s body. In fact, according to Dr. Aris Tsigris, the OB/GYN in charge of this delivery, the baby does not even know that it has been born yet. Most sacs break on their own or are broken by the doctor when a woman is ready to give birth. This is known as a woman’s “water breaking.” It is extremely rare for a baby to be born with the sac still completely intact. However, although it is rare, it is not dangerous. Dr. Tsigris informs us that the baby will not drown inside the bag because it is feeding off the placenta. The baby will automatically start to breathe on its own once the bag is broken. The doctor admits however that he was left “breathless” by the sight of this baby…. The… baby thinks it’s still in the womb and is therefore living as peacefully as when it was in its mother’s uterus. This baby was still connected to his or her mother by the umbilical cord to the placenta. The baby had not drawn a breath. Would abortion proponents say it was still ethically/legally acceptable to kill this baby? There are certainly some pro-abortion activists who would argue yes. Had her pregnancy officially terminated? I think they would argue no. After all, Planned Parenthood lobbyist Alisa LaPolt Snow argued during a Florida legislative hearing last week that born babies who were showing signs of life could still be killed according to the whim of the mother. And the baby in the photo above wasn’t technically yet born. There is also what is called a hysterotomy abortion, wherein an incision is made into the uterus, such as in a c-section, but either the amniotic fluid is ruptured and the baby is drowned before removal, or the cord is cut and the baby bleeds to death before removal, or the baby is removed alive and discarded or killed outright. I am sure there are abortion proponents who would argue this baby was still hysterotomy abortion candidate.

LifeNews.com Note: Jill Stanek fought to stop “live birth abortions” after witnessing one as an RN at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. That led to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act legislation, signed by President Bush, that would ensure that proper medical care be given to unborn children who survive botched abortion attempts.

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Abortion/Breast Cancer Link? Stratford and District Right to Life presents the following article. Too many families are affected by this devastating illness. There are many risk factors that increase the chance of developing breast cancer. Abortion may be one of those risk factors.

INDIAN STUDY: ABORTION RAISES BREAST CANCER RISK OVER 6-FOLD MANIPAL, India, July 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A study published in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine (May, 2013) found a 6.38-fold greater risk of breast cancer among Indian women with histories of induced abortion. Study leader Ramchandra Kamath of the Department of Public Health, Manipal University, observed that India has the “largest estimated number of breast cancer deaths worldwide,” and that breast cancer ranks second only to cervical cancer as the most common diagnosed malignancy among Indian women. Although the study cohort included only 188 participants (94 cases and 94 controls), which the researchers acknowledged limited the "generalisability of the findings," U.S. expert Dr. Joel Brind said the small study does strongly reconfirm that higher rates of abortion lead to increased risk of breast cancer. “With only 94 cases and 94 controls, the study was way too small for a significant risk of the order of 1.5-fold to even show up,” said Professor Brind in a statement to the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer. “Yet induced abortion did show up as the strongest risk factor (and right on the border of statistical significance) because the risk increase was so high at 6.38-fold.” Dr. Brind is a professor of endocrinology at Baruch College, City University of New York and a recognized expert in research into the links between abortion/contraception and breast cancer. Dr. Brind said he found it “troubling that the abortion-breast cancer link is now showing up big time in the world’s most populous countries where breast cancer used to be rare. That means millions upon millions of women will die from this deadly after-effect of abortion. Consider that between India and China, we're talking about over a billion women. If only 1% of them get breast cancer due to abortion, that's still 10 million women, of whom at least 2 or 3 million will die from it!” The study also reported significantly higher risk of breast cancer for the women with higher levels of education (greater than 7 to 12 years), a non vegetarian diet, age at menarche of more than 13 years, and age at first child birth more than 30 years. “Medical texts acknowledge delayed first full term pregnancy is a risk factor for breast cancer,” said Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer. “It’s indisputable that abortion contributes to delayed first full term pregnancies; and in some cases, women remain childless forever, which is also an accepted risk factor.” The researchers also found women who had more than two children were found to have significantly lower breast cancer rates. Of the breast cancer cases in the study, 65 of the women had two or fewer children, while 27 of the women had more than two children. According to the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, scientists have found that when a woman becomes pregnant she acquires protective cells from her child - a process called fetal cell microchimerism - that remain with her for decades, perhaps till the end of her life, and that help the mother's immune system fight off infections and disease. Researchers have also discovered that a baby’s fetal cells show up more often in a mother’s healthy breast tissue and less often in a woman who has breast cancer (43 versus 14 percent). They hypothesize that the baby’s fetal cells have a beneficent purpose: to protect, defend, and repair her for the rest of her life, especially when she becomes seriously ill. “There’s a lot of evidence now starting to come out that these cells may actually be repairing tissue,” said professor Carol Artlett, a researcher at Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University. Ramchandra Kamath and his team of researchers at Manipal University concluded that their findings concurred with a 2006 Indian study, led by Manjusha Rai, that found a “significant association between abortion and breast cancer.”

for the full article, please go to: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/indian-study-abortion-raises-breast-cancer-risk-over-6-fold/

In Memoriam We encourage everyone tomake a donation inmemory of adeceased loved one. Cards for Stratford andDistrictRight toLifeareavailablefromusorattheFuneralHomesinyourarea.The funeralhomesends thedonation tousandwe issuea taxdeductiblereceipt. Ifyouwish tomakeadonationdirectly tous,pleasesenditto:POBox21133,StratfordONN5A7V4.

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Stratford and District Right to Life gratefully acknowledges donations totalling $3.051.00

PRO Life 101 How can you call a fetus a living child? The miracle of  life begins when a  living male sperm and a  living female  ovum  unite  in  the  body  of  the  female.    After  this fertilization, it is simply a matter of cell divisions, resulting in the formation  of  organs  and  tissues,  and  time  to  grow.    Living embryonic cells grow into a living fetus, which is a living child in the beginning stages of growth;  at the correct time, the child is born  and  will  continue  to  grow  from  newborn  to  infant  to adolescent to adult . All the DNA that any living person contains is  present  at  that  first moment when  ovum  and  sperm  unite (conception) and a new living person is created, so yes, a fetus is indeed a living child. 

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From our Editor’s Desk Virginia Miller The Right to Life is THE most basic of all human rights. This extends to every single human being, no matter what stage of life, preborn, child, adult, and elderly. Since the dawn of Christianity, this has been understood; up to the 20th Century, that is. Discrimination and world wars trampled the Rights of whole classes of peoples. The wars were won by the “good guys”, but the “might is right” attitude is alive and flourishing. The vast majority, who are mostly silent, still live by the Golden Rule, “Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You”; but there is small group of very loud, very enraged women and men who have lobbied, bullied and screamed until they managed to overturn the basic human right to life of the unborn into a woman’s right to choose what happens in her body. (aka-licence to do whatever I want and not face the consequences) The fact that the unborn are living human beings and that many of these will grow up to be women means nothing. Their “rights” trump everyone else’s. All over the world, those in places of authority who speak up for Truth and justice and true human rights are steamrolled into submission or lose their jobs. The glaring evidence of irreparable harm done to women through abortions, birth controls and sexually related vaccines is stifled or outright denied; the fact that abortionists have become filthy rich in their grisly trade and have side stepped into killing live babies from late term abortions makes little impact. But this is not to condemn, it is a wake up call. The time is late. Already a vast majority of our next generations have been destroyed. The total damage of abortion can never be calculated. World Wars I and II came to an end; this World War on the Innocent has been raging for over 50 years with no end in sight. One cannot look the other way, abortion truly is murder, and it affects each one of us. “Whatever you do (or do not do) to the least of My brothers, that you do unto Me.” We welcome your ideas and suggestions! Stratford and District Right to Life member, Joe Van Den Houvel has shared the following suggestion: Return the questionnaires that come in the mail from local MP’s and MPP’s with a short note requesting them to support the right to life. Thanks Joe!

The following letter appeared in the Stratford Beacon Herald – we have reprinted it with the permission of the writer, Rianne Ropps

Dear Editor:

There has been much talk about same-sex marriage in Stratford recently. And, although writing about such a controversial topic is like willingly walking into a field of landmines, I need to respond. This isn’t a letter of aggression, but of a desperate desire to bring clarity. After hearing the Catholic stance on same-sex marriage, people have concluded that Catholics hate gay people. Is this true? No. The Church calls us to love all people. Persecution is entirely against the teachings of the Catholic Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “…They [with same-sex attraction] must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided…” (CCC 2358). Unfortunately, there are some labelled as ‘Catholic’ who continue homophobic persecution. Realize that these are people and not the Church; people can be hypocritical, but truth cannot. So if the Catholic Church defends the dignity of all people, why don’t we support same-sex marriage? Ok. The thing is: it’s not about the ‘gay’; it’s about the ‘marriage’. Therefore, the key question here is: what is marriage? If marriage is simply a civil agreement to cohabitate and exclusively date until death do you part, then gay marriage would be possible. However, what you need to understand about the Catholic Church is that marriage is regarded as a sacrament. This is a sacred thing; not to be taken lightly, because it's that precious! Marriage creates a family. The creation of family is the most accurate earthly representation of God: God, in His solitude, is a family (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). “When a man and a woman become one in marriage, in a mysterious way, it reveals the unity shared by the Father and the Son (Jn. 17:22-23). As the infinitely loving bond between the Father and Son constitutes the Third Person of the Trinity, so in a similar way, a child embodies the love of a husband and wife. That is why the Church teaches that marriage is a communion of life and love ordered toward the good of the couple and the procreation and education of children, and that there is an unbreakable bond between the ‘love-giving’ and’ life-giving’ aspects of marital love” (CCC 1660, 2366).” For the sacrament of marriage to exist, both ‘love-giving’ and ‘life-giving’ aspects must be present. If one is missing, the marriage isn’t disallowed; it’s impossible. Think of this: no matter how hard one tries, one could never use their hands to lift both their feet off the ground; it goes against the nature’s laws. In the same way, trying to form a marriage lacking love-giving or life-giving simply cannot spiritually/logistically exist. This is why the Church doesn’t support same-sex marriage: it lacks potential of new life (‘life-giving’). It’s not that we want to keep this sacrament from homosexuals; it’s just logistically impossible. This logic isn’t applied only to homosexual couples (that would be persecution), but to all couples seeking marriage. Rianne Rops, Mitchell

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Federal Government email addresses No postage required – address to: MP’s Name, House of Commons Justice Building, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Prime Minister Stephen Harper – pm@parl.gc.ca Minister of Justice Peter MacKay peter.mackay@parl.gc.ca Minister of Health Rona Ambrose - rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca Opposition Party Leader Thomas Mulcair – thomas.mulcair@parl.gc.ca Minister of Labour (Status of Women) kellie.leitch@parl.gc.ca MP – Perth Wellington Gary Schellenberger – gary.schellenberger@parl.gc.ca MP – Huron Bruce Ben Lobb – Lobb.b@parl.gc.ca MP – Yorkton Melville Garry Breitkreuz – garry.breitkreuz@parl.gc.ca

Provincial Government email addresses Postage required, address to: MPP’s name, Legislative Building Queen’s Park, Toronto, On M7A 1A8 Premier Kathleen Wynne – premier@ontario.ca Opposition Leader Tim Hudak – tim.hudak@ontariopc.net MPP – Perth Wellington Randy Pettapiece – randypettapiece@pc.ola.org MPP – Huron Bruce Carol Mitchell – cmitchell.mpp/cp@liberal.ola.org MPP Lambton Kent Middlesex – Monte McNaughton monte.mcnaughton@parl.ola.org Attorney General John Gerretsen – attorneygeneral@ontario.ca Health Minister Deb Matthews – dmatthews.mpp@liberal.ola.org

Please plan on attending our Annual General Meeting with Elections

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. St. Joseph’s Parish Hall

Slate of Officers for 2013-2015 Term of Office

The Nominating Committee has contacted the following persons who have agreed to let their names stand for the position indicated. President Vice-President Recording Secretary Treasurer Corresponding Secretary/Newsletter Editor Membership Chair Board Members

Elisabeth Dobbe Patrick Bannon

Mary Horenberg

Virginia Miller

Cathy Walsh Terry Miller, Janet Albert,

Stephen Connolly Carla Revington, Colleen Ryan

The position of recording secretary remains open at this time. Respectively submitted on behalf of the nominating committee. Jacqui Connolly, Virginia Miller

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! The parable of the talents reminds us to use the gifts we are given. We all have gifts to offer! We need volunteers to help us with the newsletter, mail-outs, webpage design, filing! The list is endless. Currently we need 6 volunteers to act as Marshalls for the Life Chain. We also need volunteers to help set up the hall for upcoming Annual Dinner in October. Are you a computer savvy student looking for a place to do your community service work? We need a new web design! Are you a senior or shut-in that would like to help? Call us! We have many suitable tasks! Don’t bury your “talent”! Use it and help us in our cause. We need you!

Please visit our booth at the

International Ploughing Match September 17th – 21st, 2013

Nulandia Dairy Farm, 5755 Line 36, West Perth, Perth County - just northwest of Mitchell

We will get a lot of exposure at this event.

Please consider helping us promote the Right to Life

Dear members – we need help with our booth at the

International Ploughing Match Shifts will be from: 8:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

12:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Please contact Cathy Walsh at 519-393-8121

kcwalsh@quadro.net Yes! I want to help.

I can work on: Tues

Sept 17 Wed.

Sept 18 Thurs. Sept 19

Fri. Sept 20

Sat. Sept 21