Sep 15, 2004 / 22:00 pm
A Catholic community network, which has helped more than 3,000 women with pregnancies and parenting, celebrated its 15th anniversary Sept. 14.
Catholic Family Services' Caring Network provides counseling, helps with adoptions, offers assistance in obtaining prenatal care and proper nutrition and offers childbirth-preparation and parenting classes.
The main speaker at the anniversary event witnessed to how the Caring Network changed her life. Misty Larthridge spoke about how, 12 years ago as a scared single mother pregnant with her second child and considering suicide, she received care and counseling at the center, reported The Kalamazoo Gazette.
Her experience there inspired Larthridge to change her mind. She got a part-time job and went back to school. She earned a bachelor's degree at Spring Arbor University and is currently working on a master's degree in counseling, said the newspaper.