Sponsors

Leo Holmsten Human Life Award Sponsors - 2005

All of the following organizations requested to be involved with LHHL and its activities. Although their activities may differ, their Mission Statements complement that of the LHHL Committee and they all support seeking medical and legal protection for the innocent human lives of unborn children, their mothers and families threatened by abortion.

WRCI 102.7 FM The Light

WHIC 1460 AM The Station of the Cross

Adult Stem Cell Initiative, Inc.

Bethany Christian Services

Birthright of Rochester

Bishop Kearney High School

BRAVE - Brighton Residents Against Violence

Care Net Pregnancy Center of Orleans County

Charles Finney School

CompassCare Pregnancy Services

Democrats for Life of America

Embracing Options - His Branches

Feminists for Life of New York

GRAE: Greater Rochester Association of Evangelicals

Our Lady of Mercy High School

Project Rachel - Rachel's Vineyard Ministries

Pro-life Planning Committee

Roberts Wesleyan College

Rochester Area Right to Life Committee - Education Fund

Rochester Women's Care Center

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

St. Luke Medical Association

St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild

Salvation Army - Rochester Services

Teen Moms of Youth for Christ Ministry

WRCI 102.7 FM The Light (Crawford Broadcasting) 2494 Browncroft Blvd. Rochester, NY 14625 (585)264-1027		A contemporary Christian radio station that covers Rochester and the surrounding area with a clear FM signal. The music and programming is intended to reach out to the community in Christian love in a vital and contemporary way.
WHIC 1460 AM The Station of the Cross Holy Family Communications 1840 Winton Road South 2 Cambridge Place Rochester, NY 14618 (877)888-6279
Adult Stem Cell Initiative, Inc. 100 Sagamore Drive Rochester, NY 14617 (585)266-2266		ASCI was formed to promote and stimulate scientific descovery regarding adult stem cells and their uses in restorative medical practice while simultaneously educating the general public about stem cell treatment options and avaiability of such treatment.
Bethany Christian Services 115 Harwood Circle Rochester NY 14625 (585)264-0285		Bethany Christian Services is a not-for-profit, pro-life, Christian adoption and family services agency with more than 75 locations in 30 states and ministries in 15 other countries. Bethany is well known as an adoption agency, but our Christian care extends to prople struggling with unplanned pregnancies, infertility, and a multitude of other challenges. For more than sixty years, Bethany has responded with compassion, integrity, and commitment to the needs of children and families.
Bishop Kearney High School 125 Kings Highway South Rochester, NY 14617 (585)342-4000		Vision Bishop Kearney is a vibrant community dedicated to providing an environment in which high academic expectations, spirituality, and a strong sense of Catholic identity enhance the education of the whole person. Mission The mission of Bishop Kearney High School is to empower young men and women to reach their full potential spiritually, academically, and socially by providing a college preparatory, values-based Catholic education in a safe, student-centered family atmosphere, in keeping with the tradition of the Christian Brothers and School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Birthright of Rochester (585)385-2100 24/7 HOTLINE (800)550-4900		We value life. Therefore, our mission is to foster love and respect for both mothers and babies by showing non-judgmental love an support to pregnant women. "it is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth and the right of every child to be born." Birthright motto
BRAVE - Brighton Residents Against Violence Attn: Carol Crossed (585)442-8497		BRAVE represents Brighton Residents Against Violence. For three years, it attempted to prevent an abortion clinic from being built near the Lac de Ville neighborhood, its efforts was reported on by the New York Times. For over six years BRAVE members have led daily rosary in front of an abortion clinic near a local high school.
Care Net Pregnancy Services of Orleans County Attn: Sue Thaine 243 South Main St.,Suite 100 Albion, NY 14411 (585)589-7505		Mission: Empowering through informed choice for life. An unplanned pregnancy is a hard thing to face; we have the resources to help.
Charles Finney School 2070 Five Mile Line Road Penfield, NY 14526 (585)387-3770		Vision Statement Founded as a Christian educational institution. The Charles Finney School has been designed to promote, in succeeding generations of students, a Christian worldview which links our theology in the church with the theology in the practical areas of life.
CompassCare Pregnancy Services 200 White Spruce Blvd. Rochester, NY 14623 (585)232-3894		Mission To ease the need for abortion in Rochester and New York State and to minister to those who have been affected by it. CompassCare provides complete and accurate information to women facing unplanned pregnancies, empowering them to make the best decision for themselves and their babies. CompassCare provides pregnancy confirmation, pregnancy options counseling, medical services including ultrasound exams, STD testing, and social services coordination, as well as abortion recovery services. Over 90% of abortion vulnerable women choose to have their baby after seeing their baby on the ultrasound screen. Our newly launched Reproductive Health Seminars give teens the information they need to make healthy choices, and have been well received in several Monroe County high schools. CompassCare has become a catalyst for helping other New York pregnancy resource centers to offer medical services.
Democrats for Life of America Attn: Pat Amato (585)621-5605		Mission Democrates for Life of America advocates respect for life from fertilization to natural death. This includes but is not limited to, opposition to abortion, capital punishment and euthanasia. Democrates for Life of America, Inc., was formed to provide a voice for the pro-life viewpoint within the Democratic Party. We are Democrats who care about out party, and choose to work within the party to accomplish our mission. We will mobilize grass-roots Democrats on the local, state and national levels: To support pro-life Democrats who hold elected positions; promote a pro-life plank in the Democratic Party platform; advocate for legislation that protects unborn human life and people on Death Row; participate actively in the Democratic Party functions; identify and promote pro-life Democratic candidates and elected officials. Advocating the taking of life as a way to solve social problems is inconsistent with the Democratic philosophy of non-violence and himan rights. Supressing the pro-life voice within the party is also inconsistant with the image of the Democratic Party of tolerance and free speech. Pro-life Democrats insist that they be allowed to take their rightful place in the party.
FFLNY: Feminists for Life of New York Box 10188 Rochester, NY 14610 (585)234-5416		A pro-life, pro-woman organization seeking to open minds to its philosophy of pro-life feminism, the belief that all people, by virtue of their human dignity, have a right to life without violence from conception to natural death. Our opposition to abortion is based on this philosophy. Typical activities: legislative advocacy, e.g. Unborn Victims of Violence Bills, outreach to college students about alternatives to abortion, networking with domestic violence prevention educators, making connections between vulnerable women and pregnancy, publishing information about chemicals and their effects on women and the unborn, exploring the implications of embryonic stem cell research.
GRAE: Greater Rochester Association of Evangelicals 1326 North Winton Road Rochester, NY 14609 (585)288-0670		Mission To unite Greater Rochester Area Christian leaders through prayer, networking and fellowship for transformation of our community. Programs A weekly prayer gathering at a different ministry site to pray for that ministry A monthly luncheon featuring a speaker on a topic of interest to evangelical leaders, prayer and fellowship An annual 3-day Pastors' Prayer Summit
His Branches 342 Arnett Blvd. Rochester, NY 14619 (585)235-9000 Fax (585)235-0011
Our Lady of Mercy High School 1437 Blossom Rd. Rochester, NY 14610		A ministry of the Sisters of Mercy providing the place for women who make a difference. Our Lady of Mercy's goal for every eoman weho crosses its threshold is to foster spiritual, intellectual, personal and social growth as reflected in our moto -- Via,Veritas et Vita. We educate young women in the Way - embrasing Gospel Values the Truth - unleashing creative energy for the pursuit of knowledge the Life - nurturing a hope-filled leadership, responsibility for service.
Rochester Women's Care Center 3252 Lake Ave. Rochester, NY 14615 (585)865-0360		The Woman's Care Center (formerly Problem Pregnancy Help Center) is a grassroots, Catholic, lay ministry offering support to any woman in a crisis pregnancy. We provide the following free and confidential... emotional support and guidance self-administered pregnancy test kits information and referrals maternity clothes and baby needs
Project Rachel Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester (888)9RACHEL		Project Rachel is a Catholic outreach of healing and reconciliation to women and men having emotional and spiritual pain after an abortion. It involves a sensitive, confidential, private post-abortion reconciliation program offering a renewed sense of hope and forgiveness. The physical, emotional and spiritual effects of abortion are matched to the belief that God's forgiveness and unconditional love is a significant part of the healing process.
Pro-life Planning Committee PO Box 25521 Rochester, NY 14625		The committee is a loosely organized Catholic group of laity and clergy which welcomes all pro-life persons. Annually the committee and others come together on Good Friday morning to pray the Stations of the Cross outside a local abortion facility. The turnout for the prayer walk on that day is usually 200. In previous years, the committee has supported educational opportunities, other prayerful activities and sidewalk counseling at places where abortions are performed.
Roberts Wesleyan College and Northeastern Seminary 2301 Westside Dr. Rochester, NY 14624-1997 (585)594-6100 Fax (585)594-6780		Our Missions As a community of learners committed to historic Christianity, Roberts Wesleyan College seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service oriented people who will help transform society. The mission of Northeastern Seminary is to prepare men and women for Christian ministry, both lay and ordained. Rooted in classical Christian faith, the Seminary creatively seeks to equip its students for ministry to contemporary culture.
Rochester Area Right to Life Committee - Education Fund 675 Ling Road, Suite 3 Rochester, NY 14612 (585)621-4690		RARTL is a nonsectarian pro-life organization, founded over 30 years ago and has three internal committees for issue advocacy, PAC, and education. Of these, education is the primary function. This organization enables: tracking bills through federal, state and county governments for pro-life people to know the issues identifying and endorsing known pro-life candidates for elected offices educating wherever, whenever, and whoever on abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and related issues such as stem cell research and breast cancer. The Education Fund typically provides materials and speakers to schools, churches, and organizations, and participates in or displays at venues such as school health fairs or the Monroe County Fair. The RARTL library, located at the office, has many books, brochures, audio and video tapes available to the public. The educational fund issues a quarterly multi-page newsletter covering legislative and issue activities.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester 1150 Buffalo Road Rochester, NY 14624 (585)328-3210 x-1304		We the Catholic Church of the Diocese of Rochester, joyfully embrace our baptismal call to worship God, to preach the good news of Christ, to build up the community of faith and hope in the Holy Spirit, and to serve those in need. Through the numerous programs for pregnant women needing help, pregnancy support, adoption/parenting/single parenting education and decision making, counseling, and a range of referral services for pregnant women and their babies, pre and post birth, the diocese "embraces... services to those in need." The Diocesan programs, primarily in regional Catholic Charities offices are complementary to those of the LHHL Committee and the co-sponsors.
St. Luke Medical Association 1180 Lake Road Webster, NY 14580 (585)872-4195		As Catholic physicians we are committed to practice medicine in an ethical manner based on authentic church teaching. St. Luke's goal is to assist Catholic doctors to accomplish this by educational programs that are consistent with true Christian values that respect life at all stages from conception to natural death. Family planning, embryonic stem cell research and end of life care with a Catholic perspective are some of the moral issues that cannot be compromised. In this way we are able to educate our patients to make choices that are faithful to God's design.
St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild 2024 W Henrietta Rd, Unit 3G Rochester, NY 14623 (585)292-0173		The St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild was founded in 1975 and one of its purposes is to provide a forum whereby the Catholic position on moral and legal issues may be presented to counter the pervading secular humanism. Of primary concern is fidelity to the teachings of the Pope and the Magisterium. The Guild sponsors the annual Red Mass which is celebrated each September in Rochester.
Salvation Army (585)987-9500		The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. The Army serves approximately 60,000 individuals each year in greater Rochester and provides to individuals/families, including food, shelter, prescriptions and other necessities. The Army operates three homeless shelters (men, women, youth), Project ReDirect (education and job training), after-school and summer youth programs, Christmas Toy Shop, three Worship and Service Centers, and an Adult Rehabilitation Center (alcohol and drug rehabilitation).
Teen Moms of Youth for Christ Ministry (585)256-5050 Fax (585)256-5051		The Teen Moms Program of Greater Rochester Youth for Christ provides a support network, at no cost, to pregnant and parenting young women who have chosen life for their infants and includes such services as: A monthly gathering that includes arts and crafts (quilting, cross-stitching, floral arranging, scrap booking), life skills presentations (fire safety, recognizing illness, coping with depression, nutrition, etc.) and opportunities to build trusting and lasting friendships. Clothing, baby supplies and furniture distribution Referral services for counseling and adoption options One-on-one mentors, providing participating young women with unconditional love,support and practical advice.