Austin Chapter Respect Life
Mike Rush is the Chapter’s Respect Life Coordinator. (mfr1629@yahoo.com)
Texas Catholic Pro-Life Day
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2026
Austin Diocesan website: Texas Catholic Pro-Life Day – Diocese of Austin – Austin, TX (austindiocese.org).
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Respect Life Event Information
Our 31st Annual Walk for Life will be on Saturday, June 21. This is a short, pro-life walk-a-thon to raise funds that are critical to accomplishing the life-saving mission of Texas Alliance for Life.
We encourage you to register as a walker and get pledges or sponsor someone who has. Our goal is to raise $150,000 in pledges. To register as a walker, just click or tap:
Register to Walk
You can even set up your very own Walk for Life page. Or call us at 512.477.1244, and we can mail you an official pledge form.
WHERE DO I WALK?
Registration starts: 8:30 am, Walk begins: 9:00 am
• Katherine Fleischer Park, 2106 Klattenhoff, Austin (Gather around pavilion by soccer fields)
• Veterans Memorial Park, 2525 W. New Hope Drive, Cedar Park
• San Gabriel Park, 445 E. Morrow, Georgetown (Cypress Pavilion)
• Harker Heights Community Park, 1605 Knight’s Way, Harker Heights
• Southwest Bible Church, 4625 W. William Cannon Dr, Austin
• Ramon Lucio Park Pavilion C, 601 S CM Allen Pkwy, San Marcos
Register to Walk
It’s easy for you to get pledges. You ask family, friends, neighbors, church members, and people at work. We collect the donations. Last year the average walker received more than $800 in pledges. I don’t know of an easier way to raise $800 to save a life!
The Walk is only two miles at any of our six convenient locations. Or you can walk on your own whenever you wish.
You can use the tips on our website to promote the Walk at your church, to your family, or friends and acquaintances.
To sponsor a registered walker, simple click HERE.
Sponsor a Walker
All donations are tax-deductible.
How We Use the Funds
This pro-life walk-a-thon raises funds to build a Culture of Life in Texas. It is one of our most important events of the year. The funds are critical to our mission:
- 80% of the proceeds support Texas Alliance for Life’s activities of pro-life education throughout the state and putting on the annual the Texas Rally for Life. We also defend pro-life policies when attacked in the courts. For example, we filed two briefs defending Texas’ pro-life laws in the Texas Supreme Court from a challenge seeking to bring back abortion on demand in our state.
- 20% of the proceeds help promote compassionate alternatives to abortion through grants to life-affirming agencies that provide services to pregnant women.
Incentives & Fun
You will love this year’s incentive prizes, which begin with a special T-shirt for $250 in pledges, free membership in our Leadership Circle for $5,000 in pledges, and free dinners at our fall Annual Benefit Dinner on Saturday, October 5, for pledge totals in between.
Have fun while helping us raise funds to save lives in Texas. Contact Lance Peterson at lance@texasallianceforlife.org or 512.477.1244 if you need any further information.
SET YOUR GOAL, GET PLEDGES, AND EARN INCENTIVES:
Does your employer have a Matching Gift Program? Walkers raised an average of $500 last year. Ask your friends, family, co-workers, school, or church to sponsor you. You will earn incentive prizes!
$250 – Commemorative Walk T-shirt
$500 – 1 ticket to Annual Benefit Dinner
$1,000 – 2 tickets to the Annual Benefit Dinner
$2,000 – 4 tickets to the Annual Benefit Dinner
$3,000 – 6 tickets to the Annual Benefit Dinner
$4,000 – 8 tickets to the Annual Benefit Dinner
$5,000 – 12-month membership in Leadership Circle, including a table for 10 at our Annual Benefit Dinner.
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