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Mother's Day Outreach
A two-fold message to educate and encourage

Each year, as we honor and celebrate mothers and motherhood, it can be a bittersweet time for those facing various types of loss. This is especially true for individuals or families who have lost a baby to abortion or abortion-related issues.

Some have also lost a daughter, sister or friend to abortion-related issues, such as pregnancy-related violence or post-abortion complications.

You can be sure that right now some new mothers among us are facing strong pressure to abort a wanted child. Other individuals and families may be grieving the loss of a child to abortion. Still others may have lost not only an unborn child but also a daughter, sister or friend to pregnancy-related violence or maternal death during or after abortion.

There is much quiet pressure and heartbreak facing individuals who are at risk or already hurting. This Mother's Day you can educate others while also helping to remove some of the stigma surrounding these issues. This can open doors for individuals or families who may need various types of help or who simply need to know of our concern and compassion.

Bookmarks, "Business Cards," Ads and Flyers in Many Formats

Share any of these materials as you feel called. Go our Mother's Day Outreach page to see all of the available resources and download artwork in pdf format, including:

• Mother's Day ads/flyers or bulletin inserts
• Mother's Day bookmarks
• Mother's Day business-card-sized ads
• Black-and-white or color versions
   
• Co-op ads/flyers with a box for your message or a sponsor's logo
• Links to other Mother's Day outreach ideas, such as letters to the editor
• Pro-woman/pro-life prayers to use and share

This Mother's Day message is available in many styles and formats. There are vertical, horizontal or co-op versions.
 

The co-op versions feature a boxed-area at the bottom where you can put local or otherwise customized messages, such as information about events, ministries or local contact information.

You can share, display or leave them where someone who needs to hear it may find them.
 

Use them as bulletin inserts, bulletin ads, handouts, etc., in civic, school, church or other print or online publications.  Share them in social media or hand them out at events or elsewhere, where permitted.

Gifts to Share Anytime for Those Who Are Grieving or Starting the Healing Journey

On holidays or any time of the year, check the Message Shop for compassionate gifts to encourage those who are suffering.
 

The blessing shown here appears on elegant wooden gift boxes and is also available on porcelain ornaments.

You can include a favorite quote or encouraging message, keepsake or a personal letter to make the gift even more unique and meaningful.

The healing journal also has any number of uses to encourage those on a journey of hope. Share these or other gifts with anyone who is going through a hard time.
 

They are helpful for holidays, special anniversaries or other times that may be bittersweet for those who have lost a child or loved one.
 

Don't forget to plan ahead for other upcoming events and outreach opportunities, such as Father's Day. Check our events calendar for ideas and links to other ideas. The calendar also features links to appropriate resources for education and outreach. You can use this planning tool to supplement or expand your existing events and activities.
 

Help Support Valuable Research, Education and Outreach

The Elliot Institute's peer-reviewed academic research and other expertise and information is used in legal, judicial, legislative, medical and policy-making arenas. It is also helpful in encouraging various audiences to rethink their assumptions about abortion. 
 

Due to the urgency and potential of this message in educating others and changing and saving hearts, minds and lives, we invite you to use our resources free of charge. However, if you are able to make a donation, however small, it will help many and save the lives of babies and mothers, while supporting and speeding this work.
 

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