Wash For Life: A Fundraiser for Crisis Pregnancy Centers     6/1/2006
By Cara Cook

Students organize nationwide car wash for September.

Seven students from Thomas Aquinas College in Southern California are coordinating Wash For Life, a national car-wash fundraising campaign for local crisis pregnancy centers, to be carried out by youth groups on September 16, 2006.

Hoping that thousands will join in the venture, Jon Tonkowich, who leads the campaign, plans to publicize the number of car washes and amount of money raised to show America that the youth of this generation are pro-life.

“The March for Life is great,” Tonkowich told Concerned Women for America (CWA) in an interview, “but it is far away, so many groups cannot make it all the way to D.C. Even if they can make it, they don't have a local impact.

“The Wash for Life will allow them to do something to help their community directly by supporting their [local] crisis pregnancy center [CPC]. It will also allow communities to see that the youth of America are pro-life and willing to stand up to help women and children in need, especially since many of the women with unplanned pregnancies are their peers. It will also help youth know more about CPCs and what they do and how they can help people.”

The media rarely picks up on positive efforts from the pro-life community like these, which prove pro-lifers have much more in mind than merely seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade. Thousands of CPCs across the country illustrate the comprehensive approach to building a culture of life—an approach in which both the unborn and the mother are protected and nurtured.

Indeed, these centers and their supporters counter the absurd pro-choice mantra that pro-lifers don’t care about women and do nothing to protect them from “back-alley abortions.”

“It’s inspiring to see young people living out a culture of life,” said Wendy Wright, President of CWA. “Wash for Life is a visible display of counter-cultural youth seeking to serve others rather than themselves.”

For information about how to get involved in the Wash For Life, contact Jon Tonkowich or visit the Wash For Life Web site.

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