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class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> Councils Provide Aid and Support After Pregnancy (ASAP) </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>Jan. 1, 2023</time> </div> <div class="col-article__subtitle"> <span > <div class="rich-text "> Hundreds of councils in the U.S. and Canada have stepped up to support pregnancy resource centers </div> </span> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Columbia staff</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>Jan. 1, 2023</time> </div> <section class="col-article__featured "> <figure class="image-block-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Councils-ASAP-Support-2023.jpg/21433df6ca1411f0bae662cf11b3b301?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Councils-ASAP-Support-2023.jpg/21433df6ca1411f0bae662cf11b3b301?width=900&height=506" alt="Grand Knight Steven Martinez (right) and David Libertella (left) of St. Timothy Council 12834 share a moment with staff and clients at the Life Center of Santa Ana. (Photo by Slav Zatoka)" loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> Grand Knight Steven Martinez (right) and David Libertella (left) of St. Timothy Council 12834 share a moment with staff and clients at the Life Center of Santa Ana. (Photo by Slav Zatoka) </div> </figcaption> </figure> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <p>“In a post-<em>Roe </em>world, we need to be there for mothers and children. They will need our help more than ever,” Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly told Knights last June as he announced the new ASAP (Aid and Support After Pregnancy) program. Modeled after RSVP, the Order’s longstanding program to support vocations, ASAP encourages councils to support pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes by boosting their donations 20%. For every $500 in cash or supplies that a council gives to a qualified organization — up to $2,000 during the 2022-2023 fraternal year — the Supreme Council will add $100.</p> <p>Councils are encouraged to help the Order reach its goal of donating at least $5 million through ASAP by the end of June 2023. Since ASAP launched in July, nearly 700 councils and assemblies have made donations through the program to support PRCs and maternity homes in their vital work. Here are just a few examples:</p> <p><strong>Santa Rosa de Lima Council 12522</strong> in <strong>Andice, Texas</strong>, was the very first council to apply for the ASAP program, boosting a previously budgeted donation to Agape Pregnancy Center from $1,000 to $1,200. One reason Grand Knight Harry Larkin was able to complete the application so quickly was the council’s strong existing relationship with Agape, where the council placed an ultrasound machine just a few years ago. Council 12522 supports five other pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes in the region as well.</p> <figure class="right"><img src="https://images3.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/councils-provide-help-asap-2/Zz0xMDRmZTRkYTc2NmExMWVmODk4ZjNhNzhkNmFkOGJlZQ==" alt="Courtesy of Michael O’Neill"> <figcaption>Grand Knight Michael O’Neill and Past Grand Knight Edward Camilleri of St. Patrick’s Council 7934 visit Birthright of Victoria in December. (Courtesy of Michael O’Neill)</figcaption> </figure> <p>Three Los Angeles-area councils — <strong>St. Timothy Council 12834</strong> in <strong>Laguna Niguel, St. Nicholas Council 10590</strong> in <strong>Laguna Woods</strong> and <strong>St. Angela Council 9511</strong> in <strong>Brea</strong> — have together provided more than $9,500 in ASAP support to the Life Center of Santa Ana, a Catholic-inspired pregnancy resource center. Council 12834 also supports Obria Medical Clinics of Santa Ana and Los Angeles Pregnancy Services.</p> <p>The Pregnancy Aid Clinic, a pregnancy resource center with several locations in the <strong>Archdiocese of Atlanta</strong>, has received ASAP support from four Knights of Columbus councils so far. Together, <strong>Prince of Peace Council 13457, St. Joseph Council 4599, St. Brendan Council 12942</strong> and <strong>Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan Council 7923</strong> have donated more than $10,000, resulting in an additional donation of $1,000 from the Supreme Council.</p> <p><strong>St. Patrick’s Council 7934</strong> in <strong>Victoria, British Columbia</strong>, has supported Birthright of Victoria for several years with both money and hands-on assistance at its annual fundraisers; its most recent donation of $500 became $600 through ASAP. Founded in Toronto in 1968, Birthright is now a network of hundreds of pregnancy resource centers in Canada, the U.S. and Africa.</p> <p><strong>St. Nicholas Council 7011</strong> in <strong>Sterling Heights, Michigan</strong>, met the ASAP cap for the 2022-2023 fraternal year in one fell swoop with its $11,000 donation to Mary’s Mantle, a home for expectant mothers experiencing homelessness in the Detroit area. The council raised the funds with a baby bottle drive at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Slovak Catholic Church. Parishioners there have contributed about $43,000 to the council’s pro-life collections over the past five years.</p> <p>For ASAP program resources, visit <a href="https://www.kofc.org/en/what-we-do/faith-in-action-programs/life/aid-suppport-after-pregnancy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>kofc.org/asap</strong>.</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="col-article__related-articles bg-colorExtraLightGrey"> <section class="article-card-block container"> <section class="article-card-block__title content-grid"> <h1 class="article-card-block__title__text grid-col-full text-left">Related Articles</h1> </section> <section class="article-card-block__cards content-grid"> <div class="article-card"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/community/local-impact/2025/12/all-aboard-for-charity/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Boxcars_Diorama.jpg/Zz1hZDQyMDE5ZWNmMzExMWYwOTQ1MjRlNWQwMTE2ZTUyOA==?width=318&height=212" /><img 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