Leadership Course

"... to help a mother to see her child take his or her first breath."

“Perfection consists of doing His will, in being what He wills it to be.” – St. Therese of Liseaux, Patron Saint of A Baby’s Breath

A Baby’s Breath has a unique model for structuring a successful nonprofit, and we are pleased to share that with you in building your own organization. Using these principles we have been able to grow from one location to five centers, including a home for pregnant mothers in crisis, developing a medical service, a housing service, and a financial assistance program. All this has been accomplished through implementing our model which utilizes volunteer leadership, operates free of any government funding, and upholds Catholic teaching on morality. It is by the grace of God we have been able to do His will.

Agenda

Leadership Course

7:30am – 9 am Registration, Coffee, Tea , Breakfast

8:0am – 8:30am Mass with Father DeLacy, Vicar of the Office for Faith Formation of Youth and Young Adults.

8:45am-  9 am Welcome and Explanation of A Baby’s Breath Model & Introduction to Leadership course – Karen Patota, Founder & President of A Baby’s Breath

9am – 9:45am Dr. John Haas, Founder of iiculture.org, What is an Abortion?

9:45am – 10am Break

10am – 10:30am – Barbara Cassidy, Living with Amazing Grace, Advocate for A Baby’s Breath

10:30am – 12pm Break-out sessions:

Directors  (Advocates & Parenting Class Coordinators): *(if you are a person who likes to work with people, attend this breakout):
    • Applying the A Baby’s Breath system – Catherine Fry, Warminster Director
    • Finding Resources – Julie Carys, Phoenixville Director
    • Creating the Parenting Class agenda – Karen Reidlmeier & Star Prieto, Parenting Class Coordinators, Jeffersonville
Donation Coordinators: *(if you are someone who likes to work on the computer, attend this breakout)
    • Doug Paida, Phoenixville Donations Coordinator
    • Contributing to the E-news, Christine O’Reilly,
    • Wayne Donations Coordinator,
    • Updating the Database from the E-mail notifications, Josh Patota, CFO of A Baby’s Breath
General Manager: (if you like to build budgets and help to fulfill the financial goals of the center/service, attend this breakout)
    • Advertising plans & the Sponsorship programs, Anne Ruegner, GM of Warminster, Pete Rawson, GM of Jeffersonville
    • Building your center/service budget – Karen Patota,
    • Joanne Bryson, CPA, Best Quickbooking Practices
Nurses (Ultrasound Service): *(if you are a registered nurse or someone who’d like top learn our approach of offering free ultrasounds OR would like to learn about our prenatal classes, please attend this breakout)
    • Susan McInerney, RN, Ultrasound Nurse – Roles for a Nurse at ABB, Cell Phone Holder Training

12pm – 12:30pm Lunch/Networking

12:30pm – 2pm New Centers/Services – Karen Patota & Pete DiMaio, Mission: Love & Life

Adapting your center to the A Baby’s Breath model – Karen Patota
Testimonial – Pete DiMaio – How A Baby’s Breath helped his organization get started
First steps for your organization – Karen Patota

Leadership Course – Saturday, April 20, iiculure.org location, 6331 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19151 – Register online or send check with this form to: Send email to [email protected]| Subject: Leadership Course Cost: $25 (checks made payable to A Baby’s Breath to 121 N. Wayne Ave., Wayne, PA 19087; FREE for active A Baby’s Breath volunteers and clergy. Contact A Baby’s Breath Wayne center @ 484 803-8504

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April 20th, 2024