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Mission: Dallas life, inc. /dba thrive women's clinic is a life affirming faith-based christian ministry that works with women and their partners in unexpected pregnancies. Our mission is: to extend christ-like love in a compassionate and responsive manner that values the family and empowers women and their partners to choose life. Our non-judgmental approach allows women to investigate their pregnancy options of parenting, abortion and adoption in an environment that does not financially benefit from their decisions. We engage, educate and empower our clients through education, pregnancy tests and sonograms all offered at no cost. Per state requirements clients learn about fetal development and abortion procedures and risks. We equip them through weekly parenting education to prepare them as parents when they continue with their pregnancies. Our goal is to advance them in their lives through pregnancy and parenting education, life-skills training, bible study and referrals to other organization
Programs: 2017 client services program: thrive womens clinic provided one-on-one, lay-counseling, emotional and spiritual support to 2,515 unduplicated clients seen. Clients were seen in the clinic monday through thursdays from 9:30am -5:30pm at our east and west dallas clinics, tuesdays through fridays at our central dallas clinic, monday and thursday evenings from 5:30pm - 9pm at east dallas clinic, tuesday evenings from 5:30 - 9pm at our central dallas clinic and bi-weekly on saturday mornings from 9am - 1pm at our west dallas clinic. Sessions lasted about one and a half hours each and were supported by 4,318 volunteer hours valued at $51,813. 127 in-kind donations of clothing and material goods were made and valued at $28,261. The gospel was often shared in our counseling sessions and volunteers often pray for the clients. We recorded 53 new professions of faith in christ in 2017. Our objective to help clients make an informed decision regarding their pregnancies by educating women and their partners on fetal development and empowering them for a life decision through our support services. In 2017 80% of our pregnant clients chose to carry their unborn children to term. Of the 634 abortion minded and at risk for abortion clients, we know of 320 clients (50%) chose life for their unborn children. Our educational mentoring program is a 6 week to 5 year program aimed at moving our clients forward in their lives, preparing them for childbirth, parenting and equipping them with new life skills. We had 688 individual one hour sessions with our educational program in 2017. Clients who participated in this education earned in-kind goods for their nurseries and babies. In collaboration with a church partners we hosted a mother's day luncheon and christmas party for our clients and their families. About 379 guests attended the parties and 80 volunteers participated in supporting these client celebrations.
2017 clinic services program: this program, executed by a medical team of 35 nurses, doctors and sonographers, provided free medical care including free pregnancy tests, medical history reviews, and sonograms. Thrive facilitated 2,378 visits to our clinics. 1,495 sonograms were performed and 1,706 pregnancy tests conducted. 1,411 pregnancies were verified for medicaid. There are many collaborating agencies that refer to thrive which we also refer to as appropriate. Hours of operation are: jupiter clinic mondays and thursdays: 10:30am - 8pm and tuesdays and wednesdays: 10:30am - 5:30pm, greenville ave. Clinic: mondays, wednesdays and fridays from 10:30am - 5:30pm and tuesdays 11am - 8pm. West dallas clinic: mondays through thursdays 10:30am- 3:30pm and bi-weekly on saturdays from 9:30am 1:30pm. Our medical care is oriented to women in unexpected pregnancies who need pregnancy confirmation, accurate due dates for their deliveries and women who are considering abortion. The clinic staff and medical volunteers educated our clients regarding the fetal development of their babies through ultrasound technology as well as personal care and healthy behaviors during pregnancy. In the clinic nurses checked clients blood pressure and weight and answered concerns they had regarding their pregnancies. Our 7 volunteer doctors reviewed and confirmed our clients charts and met with them regarding pregnancy concerns. Volunteer nurse, sonographer and physician hours amounted to 850 and were valued at $40,240.
2017 public awareness program: this program educated our community through four fundraising events and 139 speaking opportunities including community fairs and ministry tours regarding our services. More than 11,117 people learned about our organization in 2017. Our nurses educated students in science and health classrooms on fetal development. 56 individuals participated in lending support to the public awareness program. Events held to bring awareness of our ministry and to raise funding included a womens fundraising brunch, annual dinner and a golf tournament. The volunteer hours provided were 509. Through our speaking opportunities we shared our fetal development program in 10 engagements in public and private schools educating 338 students, teachers and adults.
