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2012 News Releases and Articles
St. Louis Meet Life Campaign Kicks Off This Month
After a year of planning, researching and crafting the right messages, the Meet Life Campaign in St. Louis is officially kicking off. The goal of the campaign is quite lofty—reducing abortions in Missouri by 50 percent by the end of 2016. It’s also a goal that Missouri’s Knights of Columbus embraced by establishing the Meet Life campaign and has become a coordinated effort between the Knights, Vitae Foundation, and In His Image Ultrasound. These three organizations are key to the success of Meet Life, with the first phase of ads appearing this week. Read Full Release...
LIFE Runners’ Co-Founder Dr. Pat Castle Named to Vitae Board
(Jefferson City, Mo.) – President and Co-Founder of LIFE Runners,Dr. Pat Castle, has been named to the Board of Directors of Vitae Foundation. An Air Force Academy graduate, Lt. Colonel Castle is now the Medical Support Squadron commander at Ellsworth AFB in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Read Full Release...
Vitae Announces Winners of Life Issues Essay Contest
(Jefferson City, Mo.) Two 8th grade students from Osage County are this year’s grand prize winners in Vitae Foundation’s Essay Contest on Life Issues. Brandy Lueckenhoff, an 8th grade student at St. Joseph School in Westphalia claimed the top grand prize and will throw out a ceremonial first pitch before the start of the Cardinal game on July 24. That is also Osage County Night at the Ballpark. Second place winner, Morgan Becker, an 8th grader at Holy Family School in Freeburg, will get to visit the broadcast booth and meet Mike Shannon and John Rooney. Read Full Release...
(April 2012)WNC Affirms Vitae Complaint Against NPR Affiliate KUOW
The Washington News Council (WNC) held a three-hour public hearing Saturday, March 31, at the University of Washington’s Communications Building on a complaint by the Vitae Foundation against KUOW 94.9 FM Public Radio in Seattle. The WNC voted Vitae’s way on five of the six questions posed on the NPR affiliate’s ethical handling of the original story which aired April 13, 2011. Read More...
(March 2012) Vitae Spring Ad Campaigns Sprouting Up
Ad campaigns to help women find compassionate, caring help when faced with an unintended pregnancy are sprouting up all across the country this spring, thanks to the Vitae Foundation’s generous donors. The campaigns vary in type, but all are focused on helping women find the local resources they need when finding themselves pregnant unexpectedly. Read More...
On March 31, 2012 Vitae Foundation will have its day in “court.” The proceedings will take place in Seattle as the Washington News Council’s (WNC) Board of Directors conducts a hearing on Vitae’s formal written complaint against Seattle NPR affiliate KUOW concerning a story that aired April 13, 2011. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. at the Universityof Washington’s Communication Department, Room 120. It is open to the public. Read More...
(March 2012) Going ‘Places’ to Reach Abortion-Minded Women
Dr. Seuss would have had a good time writing about the Internet. Oh, the places you can go! Search engine giant Google developed maps for people to find places on the Internet and then took it one step further with Google Places. Just what is this phenomenon and how does Vitae intend to use it to reach more abortion-minded women? Read More...
NPR’s KUOW Fails to Resolve Complaint Process over Biased Story,
Public Hearing set by Washington News Council
(Jefferson City, Mo.) The Washington News Council’s(WNC) Board of Directors has set a date for a hearing on a formal written complaint from the Vitae Foundationagainst Seattle NPR affiliate KUOWconcerning a story that aired April 13, 2011. The hearing will be Saturday, March 31, 2012, from 9 am-noon, at the Universityof Washington’s Communication Department, Room 120. It is open to the public. Read More.
Join Pilgrimage to Abortion Capitol of America
New York City is known for a lot of great things: Wall Street, the financial center of the world; the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of welcoming to this great country; and a cultural center featuring Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. What you won’t find in a brochure about the Big Apple is its much darker title of “Abortion Capital of America.” Read More...
2011 News Releases and Articles
Vitae’s Life Issues Essay Contest Engages Osage Co. Students
April 28, 2011--An essay contest open to certain Osage County students who want to take a stand on life issues like abortion, bullying, elderly and child abuse, etc., is being sponsored by the Vitae Foundation and the Alphonse J. Schwartze Community Foundation. The first place winner will throw out the first pitch at Osage County Night at the Ballpark on July 28, when the Cardinals play the Astros. Read full release here…
Vitae Challenges NPR, Planned Parenthood in Seattle
April 14, 2011– In a biased NPR feature story yesterday, Planned Parenthood, Seattle took issue with Vitae Foundation’s billboards and website, falsely asserting they are “misleading.” KUOW reporter Meghan Walker never contacted Vitae for comment about the billboards or website. Read full release here…
Bloomberg Signs Ordinance on Restrictions to Pregnancy Help Centers
March 17, 2011--New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law Bill 371 which will impose unconstitutional restrictions on pro-life Pregnancy Help Centers and violate their free speech rights. The Vitae Foundation is responding immediately with another life-saving advertising campaign on the subways of
Vitae Billboards Go Up in Dallas
February 24, 2011--Vitae Foundation began two consecutive four-week billboard campaigns in Dallas on February 21. A total of 112 billboards will be posted. The billboards will advertise Dallas Pregnancy Resource Center (DPRC), which has three locations around the city. Read full release here…
Vitae Campaign Kicks Off in Seattle
February 24. 2011--Vitae Foundation will kick off two, four-week campaigns in Seattle on February 28. The first part of the campaign includes a first for Vitae—a wallscape. It will advertise Vitae’s YourOptions.com website, which provides valuable information on dealing with an unplanned pregnancy to women and their family and friends. The second part of the campaign will advertise Next Step Pregnancy Center with interior and exterior cards on buses. Read full release here…
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