Listeners of the Christian radio network The Light (based in Asheville, N.C.) donated enough money on May 10 to provide 1,426 women with ultrasounds and faith-based support through the station’s “Heartbeat of Hope” campaign. Three days before Mother’s Day, the station partnered with seven area pregnancy centers to bring awareness to their services including pregnancy tests, counseling, ultrasounds, and post-abortion programs.
Proceeds were given directly to one of these seven pregnancy centers:
- Mountain Area Pregnancy Center in Asheville, N.C.
- Pregnancy Care Center Hickory in Hickory, N.C.
- Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center in Franklin, N.C.
- Hope Resource Center in Knoxville, Tenn.
- Crisis Pregnancy Center Gastonia in Gastonia, N.C.
- Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanburg, S.C.
- Palmetto Woman’s Care Center in Rock Hill, S.C.
“The Light’s goal for ‘Heartbeat of Hope’ was to support these centers with awareness and financial help, so that the hundreds of women who walk into these pregnancy care centers each month will choose life,” said Jim Kirkland, executive director of Blue Ridge Broadcasting. “We are amazed by the hearts of those in this community and we give God all the glory.”
