Stanford Students for Life is involved in service off campus. While on-campus events aim largely (although not exclusively) at education, our off-campus events are service oriented to aid those in need make good and fair choices. A few of our many events are:

Visits to Homes

One home that we visit is Heritage Home in San Jose. This home is a safe place for pregnant women to live until the baby is born. Women at this home are victims of poverty and violence. They come from living on the streets, or have been kicked out by their parents, boyfriends, or husbands because they refuse to get an abortion. The Home gives them shelter, but also helps with job training, parenting classes, and counseling. This is place where women who might otherwise turn to abortion can receive help during their pregnancy. The existance of homes like this is necessary if we expect women in any situation to carry the baby to term -- without such resources, women feel that abortion is their only choice. SSFL visits this home to provide the women with fun, food, and holiday cheer. Over the years we have hosted game nights (keep in mind that these women are quite lonely), decorated the house for Christmas including donating a tree, and prepared dinner for them while their kitchen was being renovated.

We also visit New Creation Home in East Palo Alto. Unlike Heritage Home, this place provides women with children shelter, education, job training, and parenting skills. The house is small, but provides a home for many women (mostly teens) and children (mostly 5 and under). Again, homes like this are necessary to reduce the number of abortions performed in the area. Women with unplanned pregnancies, economic hardship, and no where to live can go here and still have a child. The women do not feel as though they have been completely abandoned and have no choice but to abort. SSFL visits New Creations home to help the women and the children. We have gone there to babysit, clean the house, and do yardwork.

Walks For Life On January 22nd, 2005, members from SSFL participated in the first ever Walk for Life in San Francisco. Check our picture page for photos from the event. In 2000, SSFL participated in a Walk For Life hosted by the Pregnancy Care Center in Menlo Park. The event was to raise awareness in the community. It was great to see so many people from different backgrounds and ages gather on a Saturday morning to participate.

Group Activities

Through our fight to promote life-affirming choices and action, SSFL members have become friends. Thus, we also try to have group events during the year as well. These include a yearly farewell dinner for those members who are graduating.