Since its beginnings, SLM has served over 15,000 clients, seen many babies born, and been privileged to pray with over one thousand clients to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. We are grateful to God for how He has used us and our supporters to change many lives.
1985
SLM was incorporated after being founded by the original Chief Executive Officer, Christy Anne Collins. The ministry began with an emphasis on ministering to women in crisis pregnancies as well as pro-life activist involvement.
1993
Ms. Collins resigned and soon after SLM hired Kelley Wesley as the new Chief Executive Officer.
1994
The office moved from Annandale to the Fairfax Professional Center in Fairfax, right below a Planned Parenthood office. A new direction was taken to solely minister to women in crisis pregnancies as SLM Pregnancy Help Center.
1996
SLM held their first fundraiser. The CEO went to Romania to find out how SLM could serve the pregnancy centers in that nation. SLM has contributed towards the translation of pregnancy center literature into Romanian as well as offered financial support and training for the Romanian Pregnancy Centers.
1997
SLM first applied for funding support from the United Way and a second fundraiser was held with Alan Keyes as the keynote speaker. The responsiveness of the people attending was wonderful and a second staff member was hired!
1998
The center opened on Saturdays for counseling as volunteers made themselves available to see clients. A major donation was received for the full purchase of the Fairfax office space.
1999
SLM held its first fellowship dinner banquet and began exploring opening a satellite office in Alexandria, because of the high rate of abortions.
2002
SLM opened the Alexandria Pregnancy Help Center through a cooperative effort by various churches and private donors.
2005
SLM opened a third pregnancy center, LifeChoices Resource Center, near GMU, to reach sexually active high school and college students. Replaced the name of SLM Pregnancy Help Center with Fairfax Pregnancy Help Center. Began to explore the possibility of converting into a medical pregnancy clinic.
2009
SLM moved into a larger office space on Democracy Lane and merged the LifeChoices center and Fairfax centers into the Fairfax Pregnancy Help center.
2010
SLM hired a registered nurse and offered our first ultrasounds to clients in our new Fairfax space on Democracy Lane. SLM also sold the Main Street location.
2011
Kelley Wesley resigned after 18 years of faithful service at SLM. Stan Kellner was hired as the new CEO.
2013
SLM moved the Alexandria pregnancy center to a larger space further south on Route 1 and began offering ultrasounds there also. We changed the name of our pregnancy centers to NOVA Pregnancy Help Centers and introduced a new client website www.novapregnancy.org . SLM also began the “Earn While You Learn” program for pregnant clients.
2016
Stan Kellner resigned as CEO and Margery Williams, Alexandria Director, takes over the post. We expanded the medical team adding a third nurse sonographer to offer more ultrasound services in Alexandria.
2019
A fourth nurse is hired and more medical service hours are added to our schedule for clients. Saturday mornings also begin as each center is open for 3 hours one Saturday a month. The Fairfax center moved to a new, larger space located across the street at 3919 Old Lee Hwy, Fairfax.
2020
SLM reorganizes as the Covid-19 pandemic shuts down the nation and world. We continue helping women in crisis pregnancies through virtual counseling sessions and by providing diapers, wipes and other baby items urgently needed. We also begin conducting “Earn While You Learn” classes virtually so clients can continue to expand their education as they prepare for baby to arrive.
