VOICE FOR LIFE 2023 EVENTS 
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UPCOMING - 2023
Your continued support and involvement in Voice for Life is very much appreciated. Now, more than ever, volunteers are needed to reach out to the community encouraging the Sanctity of Life.
Please e-mail: Voice for Life if you require further information about any regular event or to help in organizing a new one. Also to let us know where Voice for Life can participate in a local community event in 2023.
The 2023 Walk-a-thon Fundraiser will be again a -
one day In-Person Walk for Life on Saturday, September 16th, and a Virtual Walk for Life Campaign
over the months of September & October.
It is intended to hold a Virtual Walk online, starting now
up to October 31, 2023, as a Fundraising campaign.
How it Works
For Registration, Sponsor or Donation details, go HERE, or go direct to our Canada Helps Campaign page .
If it is preferred to just download a pledge form and contact friends/relatives in-person. No problem, a form can be downloaded 
, along with an explanation sheet 
The in-Person Walk is on Saturday, September 16, starting at 10 a.m.
Register at St. Mary's Church, Upper Hall, 211 Union St., Simcoe, starting at 9 a.m. Bring your completed pledge form with funds collected, if you have one. Opportunity to Walk a select route in downtown Simcoe from the Church, carry a sign, or walk your way.
Why walk for Life?
Walkers are witnessing for the preciousness of all human life. Proceeds from pledges go towards Voice for Life community outreach to promote the respect for life from the moment of conception to the end of life; regardless of stage of development, physical and mental ability, and age.
Please e-mail Voice for Life if you have any questions or suggestions for the Walk. Thank you to those who collect pledges and come to the in-person Walk. Consider participating in 2023.
Hope you can join in 2023. Donations for the Walk can still be made directly through the DONATE Canada Helps button in Sidebar - choose Walkathon.
National Life Chain - Sunday, October 1 
[Usually the first Sunday in October]
2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Hwys 3 (Queensway) and 24 (Norfolk St.) intersection in Simcoe
Only a prayer chain can be a Life Chain
Voice for Life hosts this National Event in our area of Haldimand-Norfolk each year, as possible.
Those attending the Life Chain in Simcoe meet at the CAA parking area on the Queensway at 1:45 p.m. From there participants disperse along Norfolk and Queensway streets for the 1 hour of prayer, while holding a sign of their choice.
Signs provided. Event happens rain or shine.
Please bring a gift or donation for your local Food Bank.
(Formula and diapers are always needed!)
(Formula and diapers are always needed!)
General Information
The National Life Chain is the largest peaceful, prayerful, pro-life, public witness in the world. Life Chain is held simultaneously in more than 200 cities across Canada each year. It is held on the first Sunday in October, and for most locations, it runs from 2 pm - 3 pm.
Life Chain is an easy way to get involved in pro-life. Just show up for one hour, stand on the sidewalk with others who are not ashamed to be a public witness, and pray for an end to abortion. You can be a light in a darkened world as you help remove a need for abortion through prayer.
For more information on National Life Chain Sunday, and its purpose and significance, check out LifeChain.org and LifeChain.net
What is Life Chain?, by Royce Dunn
We are a prayer chain ministry on the sidewalks of America, Canada, and a few other nations.
Each participant holds an approved pro-life sign and endeavours to be a compassionate and peaceful public witness for the sanctity of human life. Accordingly, Life Chain's first mission is to minister to its own participants; and if we are receptive to God's promptings, He empowers us to minister truth about abortion to the motoring public. Through that process, Life Chain changes hearts and saves lives.
A small pro-life group called 'Please Let Me Live' in Yuba City, California held the first Life Chain in 1987, and the United States has had a National Life Chain every year since. In 1990, Campaign Life Coalition brought Life Chain into Canada from the U.S.A., igniting a powerful public witness in our country that has endured the test of years, saved lives and changed hearts.
Norfolk County Fair October 3 - 9, 2023
The Norfolk County Fair will be busy as normal. Come and see!
Volunteers are needed for the Voice for Life Booth, situated in Commercial Building 4. Volunteers receive an entry ticket to the fair grounds.
Please e-mail Voice for Life if you can volunteer at the Voice for Life Booth. Check possible times on chart - Click link HERE - then e-mail to see what slots are still available.
Help is also needed for take-down of the Booth on the last day of the Fair [Oct. 9] after 8:00 pm, or next day [Tuesday, Oct. 10]. E-mail Voice for Life if you can help with this task. Thanks and God Bless.
Make a secure direct donation to Voice for Life 
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Annual Fall Banquet 2023 - no details as yet. Hopefully can happen in 2023.
Simcoe Christmas Panorama 2023
"Lights On": usually last Saturday of November or first Saturday of December
"Lights Off": usually first Sunday in January after New Year's Day is the final night.
Can you help, physically or financially, towards the maintenance and upkeep of the Voice for Life Panorama Display - Journey to Bethlehem?
Please e-mail: Voice for Life. Some major repairs must be done, along with painting and arrangement of lighting.
OTHER Ongoing Important Annual Dates
Sanctity of Life Sunday - January Third Sunday
Watch videoThe third Sunday of January was officially pronounced Sanctity of Human Life Sunday in order to remember the two infamous court cases that removed protection to a secure and safe environment for the child in the womb.
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States, (in other words a mere nine men out of the entire population), determined in Roe vs. Wade, that every State had a duty to give women unfettered access to abortion until the birth of the child.
On January 28, 1988 the Canadian Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision, struck down the criminal code law regarding abortion and left Canada with NO LAW to protect children in the womb.
A day not only to remember that Human Life is sacred, but it is an anniversary date that causes us to remember and grieve the millions of deliberately aborted lives that could have blessed childless couples, filled school rooms, and contributed their talents to our culture and economy. Their loss is beyond measure or comprehension.
March 21: Down Syndrome Awareness Day
Annually observed on March 21 to raise public awareness of Down syndrome, a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome.
The date for WDSD being the 21st day of the 3rd month, was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome.
Thursday, mid May: National March for Life, Ottawa
May 7-12, 2023, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Motto: "STAND FIRM"
Second Saturday in May: We Believe in Simcoe Day
Usually held at The Aud, Norfolk County Fair Grounds, Simcoe
Activities and events are held on the second Saturday in May for individuals and families with need. Some are fun and enjoyable. Some are caring and helpful. And ALL of it is FREE.
June 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
It represents the one day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted to some of our older generations.
"All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights, and have the right to age with dignity, respected by their families and communities, free of neglect, abuse and violence. " UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Euthanasia: the ultimate in elder abuse!
September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day is observed on September 10th every year and is designed as a worldwide commitment to preventing suicides, to bring attention to the problem of suicide to the public’s attention and to help society do what it can to prevent suicides now and in the future.
World Suicide Prevention Day gives organizations, government agencies and individuals a chance to promote awareness about suicide, mental illnesses associated with suicide, as well as suicide prevention.
For information on local scheduled events for the day contact 'Achieve Mental Health Wellness and Recovery Centre': 519-428-0580.
Also say "NO !" to doctor-assisted suicide.
October 15: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
Observed every year on October 15.
This page was last revised on: August 18, 2023