Families invited to celebrate new beginnings for non-profit organization
(Seguin) — It’s finally time to stop by and check out the newly built South Texas Pregnancy Care Center.
For months, passerby’s watched as each brick was laid for the new center at 1348 E. Kingsbury St.
This weekend, the public’s curiosity and interest will further be entertained with a special open house on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Executive Director Janice Weaver, says after operating several years on West Court Street, the group felt it was time for more elbow room. She says the program has essentially gone from 2,200 square feet to now 6,798 square feet.
“This is a nice building. It is well furnished. It is well stocked. It’s bright. It’s cleaned and it has so much to offer that we couldn’t offer before. There’s just kind of a feeling so often that if somebody is in need, if they are a lower income individual or maybe an unplanned pregnancy that maybe they are not going to go to a high class place for services and so we want them to know that we are open and we are here for them,” said Weaver.
Weaver says this new site will allow for more programming. She says the center is currently averaging approximately 300 clients a month.
“We have five counseling rooms. One of our counseling rooms that we kind of planned on having we turned into an office so eventually, we might need to move some people out of that office and have six counseling rooms. We have a medical suite where we can teach labor and delivery, where we teach breastfeeding (and) where we do ultrasounds. Our nurse has an office. We all have offices which we never had before,” said Weaver.
Weaver says the hope is that this new facility will amplify the program’s community impact — ensuring that those who seek their services, receive them.
“All of our services are free. Nobody pays for anything. It’s all free. We will do a pregnancy test. We will put you through the classes. You will earn points to spend in our Baby Boutique. We will do a free ultrasound. We also do free STI testing and treatment so there’s a lot that we have to offer. Besides that, then we go into the schools and we try to teach kids. So, we are working really hard to help improve the life of our community,” said Weaver.
In addition, Weaver says the building includes a new community space. She says it was purposely embedded in the project so that the entire community can benefit from this new build.
“My pride and joy is that we have added a multi-purpose room. We have a place where people can meet and we have a full kitchen. And so our multi-purpose room will be used for board trainings, staff training, volunteer training but then, we are also going to open it up to the community. If somebody needs a meeting place, call us. If we can work it out, you can use our multi-purpose room free of charge and we would love to share our building with the people of Seguin,” said Weaver.
The South Texas Pregnancy Care Center has been serving Guadalupe and surrounding counties for 24 years. Again, the open house at the pregnancy care center will be held from 9 a.m. to noon this Saturday. The new location sits near the Texas Department of Public Safety at State Highway 123 Bypass.
