History Timeline
1990 First Celebrate Life Banquet held.
1991 On March 4th WPCC opens its doors.
1997 WPCC submits a "community clinic"
application.
1998 WPCC is approved as a licensed
medical clinic.
1999 WPCC begins offering limited
ultrasounds. WPCC also opens
The Next Step & launches the
Stepping Stones Support Group.
2001 Decreased donations, due in part to
"9-11" force the closure of The
Next Step.
2004 WPCC receives an upgraded
ultrasound machine. A Focus On
the Family grant provides nurse
training.
2009 Three nurses are trained to perform
ultrasound scans.
| In the fall of 1990 concerned individuals from several local churches gathered together for a special evening of fundraising and education. The gifts from that event funded the vision of a Christian response to women and teens facing an unplanned pregnancy. Whittier Pregnancy Care Clinic was "born". Since opening our doors on March 4, 1991, WPCC has served thousands of women and teens from Whittier and the surrounding communities. Several years later WPCC became one of the first pregnancy resource centers to become licensed as a community clinic by the Los Angeles Department of Health.
A year later, in 1999, we began offering limited diagnostic ultrasound services for the purpose of pregnancy confirmation. That same year we implemented a formal pregnancy support group for our clients who chose to carry their babies to term...the Stepping Stones Pregnancy Support Program was "born". Since its inception, Stepping Stones has provided personal support and empowered dozens of young women to become successful mothers, as well as introducing them to the love of Christ. Through the years, with the addition of each service, Whittier Pregnancy Care Clinic has continued to hold fast to the Christian principles we were founded on. Through word and deed it is our deepest desire that each life we touch experiences the love and grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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