Choose Life Billboard
Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship
Press Release Contact: Bobbie Meyer, Board President
October 5, 2009 Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship
Contact info: 704.281.8631
For Immediate Release
CPCF unveils billboard campaign for the Choose Life license plate
The Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship announces the placement of a billboard to inform the citizens of North Carolina about the Choose Life license plate issue. The billboard features a picture of the proposed NC Choose Life license plate along with the message, “Why Not, NC?” and a link to the NC Choose Life internet site (ncchoose-life.org) for an online petition and additional information. The billboard is located on the south side of I-40, 3.4 miles west of Hwy. 64 (east of Statesville) for east bound traffic. The billboard has been leased to the Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship by Creative Sign Service, Inc. (Shelby, NC) for three months at no charge. CPCF plans to promote more billboards in the state to educate the public on this issue.
For seven years, Representative Mitch Gillespie has introduced the Choose Life license plate in the NC House of Representatives without success. The leadership of the General Assembly has refused to let the Choose Life license plate bill (HB 168) be heard even though North Carolina already has over 130 approved specialty license plates. Funds from these plates would be dedicated to the more than 80 pregnancy care centers in North Carolina who are working tirelessly to offer expectant mothers the support and resources they need.
Bobbie Meyer, President of the Board of Directors of the Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship and Executive Director of the Pregnancy Resource Center in Charlotte, expressed frustration with the endless delay, “It is simply unacceptable that North Carolina is the only state in the southeast that won’t allow the Choose Life plate, especially in the midst of so much need.”
NC pregnancy care centers, which last year saw more than 46,000 women and men, offer a variety of free services including pregnancy tests, parenting classes, baby supplies, mentoring pregnant teens, ultrasounds and STD testing by medical personnel. Pregnancy care centers are grassroots organizations begun in communities around NC and depend on donations from individuals and local groups. Especially in these challenging economic times, when funding is being stretched, the funds generated by the Choose Life plate will provide the ability to continue to serve women, men and families with pregnancy-related needs at no taxpayer expense.
