January 7, 2021
By Paul McMullen/Catholic Review
Photos: Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff
COLUMBIA – The coronavirus pandemic should have played havoc with the Columbia Pregnancy Center, but its benefactors had other ideas.
In August, the 501(c)3 mission in Howard County doubled in size by relocating to office space near the intersection of State Route 32 and Broken Land Parkway. The lease was signed March 30 – two weeks after Gov. Larry Hogan restricted gatherings and places of business in Maryland, and four days after the CPC’s annual banquet, which in a normal year provides half of its operating budget, was cancelled.
“We’ve been able to meet our funding needs, despite fundraising effectively being pretty much sabotaged,” said Nancy Vawter, executive director. “There was a tremendous amount of work in the move, none of which I could have imagined, but people are always generous with us.
“It actually seems as if there’s been an increase in the desire and passion to help.”
Among those assisting the CPC, which provides free, confidential assistance to expectant mothers as an alternative to abortion, were the Knights of Columbus from Council 10525 at St. Michael, Poplar Springs, in Mount Airy. Its ongoing support included donating a sonogram machine to the CPC in March 2018.
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