Meet the Staff
Executive Director
Vaunae Hansel
Director of Client Services
Barb Canfield
Nurse Manager
Cita Regan RN
Education Program Coordinator
Max Schulz
Cradle of Hope Coordinator
Pat Doyle
Our many generous volunteers help as counselors, ultrasound services, Hispanic and Hmong interpreters, office administrative assistants and webmaster, computer technology, newsletter coordinator, baby layette and clothes, maintenance and more.
Our Mission
LifeCare Center East is a life-affirming,
non-profit pregnancy resource center that seeks to bring hope to
abortion-vulnerable women and their families who are experiencing an unplanned
pregnancy. Our free services provide the caring assistance and educational
support needed to help our clients choose life.
Our History
LCCE is a non-profit pregnancy resource center founded in 1989 to serve the east metro area and is one of 26 centers in the Total LifeCare Centers, Inc. system of pregnancy resource centers serving the metro area as well as greater Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Total LifeCare Centers, Inc. defines itself as a “non-profit organization dedicated to the philosophy that every individual has the right to adequate health care, covering all physical, emotional, and social needs, from conception to natural death.”
We have helped thousands of women, men, and babies on the east side of St. Paul since our opening and have served clients from numerous ethnic and cultural backgrounds with the help of our committed staff, volunteers and generous supporters.
2009 marks our 20th anniversary. In 2008 alone, LCCE had over 3100 client visits for social services, material goods and/or education. That year our center performed 750 pregnancy tests, 250 ultrasound exams and gave out nearly 20,000 diapers. The number of client visits and needs continue to grow.
All of our services are, and always have been, offered free of charge.
Board of Directors
President
- Tom Smolik, Retired Electrician
Vice President
- Karen Bollman, Retired Accountant 3M
Treasurer
- Kathy Dailey, Retired Parish Business Administrator
Secretary
- Paul Esch, President of Breakthrough Business Success, Inc.
Board Members
- Mary Hite
- John Roche, Consulting Research Engineer and Founder of LCCE
- Mary Roche, Homemaker and Founder of LCCE
- Barbara Dries
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
SPECIAL ADVISORS AND TOTAL LIFECARE CENTERS, INC. BOARD LIAISON
- John Hagen, Jr., Attorney at Law
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