October 2025
We are pleased to announce the beginning of our 2025 Annual Campaign! Throughout the month of October (Respect Life Month), we invite you to join your fellow community members to help Corbella raise $200,000 so we may continue to offer no cost, life-saving medical and support services to women with unplanned pregnancies. A group of donors have generously pledged to match up to $100,000 in financial support during this campaign. Your gift to Corbella during the month of October is doubled, dollar for dollar! Together, we can put a choice for life within reach of women at risk for abortion and save unborn babies’ lives. Please click here to see the appeal card with more information.
September 2025
This Sunday, Sept. 28 from 12pm-4pm some friends of Corbella Clinic are hosting a Walk for Those Who Can’t Talk Fundraiser in Campton Hills to benefit our ministry. All are welcome. Please see the registration and donation QR codes here.
May 2025
Corbella Clinic has partnered with Gabe Ward, a Biking for Babies missionary who will be crossing the country in the name of life this summer.
Gabe will be raising funds for Corbella Clinic on the national ride between July 14-19. Please consider making a gift to support him on: https://givebutter.com/b4b-2025missionary/wi-team-1/gabeware. The funds ultimately go to Corbella!
To learn more about the life-saving mission of Biking for Babies go to www.bikingforbabies.com
April 2025
In our latest newsletter, we share a beautiful story of a baby saved, as well as news and updates. The pdf is available here.
November 2024
Corbella Clinic is deeply grateful for your heartfelt prayers and great generosity during our 2024 Annual Campaign. Thanks to your charitable giving, we met our $200,000 goal! Annual Campaign funds allow us to provide life-giving options to parents considering abortion. Your support strengthens our ability to offer hope, compassionate care, and resources to the women and families that we serve. With sincere gratitude, we thank each of you for your participation. Together, we are making a profound impact on the Fox River Valley for generations to come.
October 2024
Urgent Appeal: We’re Only $59,000 Away From Our $200,000 Annual Campaign Goal!
We are just $59,000 short of reaching Corbella Clinic’s $200,000 Annual Campaign goal. We cannot do this alone. This is more than a number–it’s about saving lives from abortion and transforming the hearts of women feeling despaired.
We invite you to prayerfully consider how you can be a part of this mission and help Corbella Clinic finish strong. Every dollar is a seed sown into God’s kingdom, empowering mothers to trust themselves and protect their unborn children.
With your help, we can change lives for generations to come. Donate today and provide life-affirming services to women and families in need.
October 2024
- Corbella Clinic will host an Open House on Saturday, October 12th. Feel free to drop by anytime between 11am-2pm.
– Tours led by the Corbella team will be offered every 30 minutes.
– Join us for a complimentary lunch hosted by the Knights of Columbus
– Consider bringing a friend along to learn more about Corbella’s mission
– Meet our staff and board members
– Hear beautiful stories of lives saved from abortion
We look forward to seeing you!
- We are excited to announce our 2024 Annual Campaign, celebrating Respect Life Month, October 1st-31st! As a Corbella supporter, you have transformed lives for Corbella’s families. We invite you to partner with us again during our main fundraiser. Thanks to a group of friends who pledged to donate up to $100,000, your gift will be matched and doubled! Your tax-deductible donation builds a culture of life and hope within our community. Please give now to support Corbella’s mission to protect and defend the sanctity of all human life, and help us reach our $200,000 goal to save lives from abortion.
May 2024
Spring Updates
- Please click here to see Corbella’s latest newsletter and learn how your partnership is saving lives. Feel free to share the newsletter with family and friends.
Corbella Clinic’s Open House
Saturday, June 22, 2024
11am – 2pm at 101 E. State Street in South Elgin
• Join us for a clinic tour with our Medical Staff
and Executive Director
• Enjoy a free lunch hosted by the Knights of Columbus
• Meet our staff and board members
• Learn how your support saves lives
• No RSVP is necessary; friends are welcome!
January 2024
- Corbella Clinic was recently blessed with a generous grant from Elgin Township. This is the second year Corbella receives Township funds which will help us cover the increasing expenses of our life-saving medical program. Last month, Ken Bruderle stopped by to give Corbella the awarded grant funds, and spoke with staff about the Township’s initiatives to help the unborn and seniors in our community. We are extremely grateful to Elgin Township for their generous support!
October 2023
- We are pleased to announce the beginning of our 2023 Annual Campaign! Throughout the month of October (Respect Life Month), we invite you to join your fellow community members to help Corbella raise $150,000 so we may continue to offer no cost, life-saving medical and support services to women with unplanned pregnancies. A group of donors have generously pledged to match up to $75,000 in financial support during this campaign. Your gift to Corbella during the month of October is doubled, dollar for dollar! Together, we can put a choice for life within reach of women at risk for abortion and save unborn babies’ lives!
September 2023
- Thanks to a grant from Focus on the Family, the Corbella Board of Directors received a 2 day board training from Tom Glessner, JD, President and Founder of NIFLA (National Institute of Family and Life Advocates), a legal, education and training organization of which Corbella is an affiliate. Thomas Glessner and NIFLA both featured prominently in NIFLA v. Becerra — a Supreme Court case that successfully challenged a law that attempted to force pro-life pregnancy centers to promote abortion. The NIFLA ruling in favor of the free speech rights of pro-life pregnancy centers was released on June 26, 2018. Tom is one of 50 pro-life leaders featured in a book published this year called Legacy of Life: Honoring Fifty of the Greatest Pro-Life Leaders of the Last Fifty Years.
July 2023
- Corbella Clinic was recently awarded a generous grant from Youth Engagement in Philanthropy. The YEP program was created by the Community Foundation of Fox River Valley to help local high school students explore and learn more about fundraising, grantmaking and making a difference in the community. As a group, YEP members can decide how funds should be allocated to local nonprofits in order to create the greatest impact for youth-related causes in the Fox River Valley area. The YEP grant will help Corbella cover the costs of support services including material assistance, resources and referrals. Many youth in our local community struggle with unexpected pregnancies and Corbella’s goal is to be their first step so we may offer them hope, truth and loving support. About 41% of our patients are between 13-22 years old. YEP funds will greatly assist Corbella in serving a growing number of young parents seeking help when facing an unexpected pregnancy. We are extremely grateful to all YEP members! A special thanks to the CFFRV and Dunham Foundation for making this program available for young people in our community.
Open House Event
- Corbella Clinic’s 35th Anniversary Celebration was a great success! Over a hundred people came through our door for tours, and the Knights of Columbus did a fantastic job of food prep and delivery. After checking in under the Welcome Tent outside, guests were assigned a tour time slot and invited to lunch downstairs. When their time was called, they were guided to a seating area where our Executive Director gave an introductory talk. After that they were invited to the initial intake room to learn about Corbella’s patient process using the Focus Method. From there the tour continued to the first medical room where our Nurse Manager, Trisha, showed first trimester baby images on the ultrasound machine, which also captures the sound of the baby’s heartbeat. She stressed the importance of the ultrasound, and described how it alone changes the minds of many. Nurse Julia met the guests in the second medical room and they saw images of second trimester twin babies, turning and moving! She shared beautiful stories of patients who initially planned on having an abortion, but who chose life after receiving Corbella’s medical services, education, and care. Thank you to all who attended Corbella Clinic’s Open House and made our celebration so special!
June 2023
- Celebrate 35 Years of Life-Saving Ministry With Us!
- Join us for our 35th Anniversary Open House on Saturday, June 24, 2023
- 11am – 2pm at 101 E. State Street in South Elgin
- Receive a tour of Corbella Clinic and hear from our medical staff and director
- Enjoy an outdoor lunch hosted by the Knights of Columbus
- Meet our staff and board members
- Learn how your support saves lives
- RSVP requested for groups of 6 or more to [email protected]
May 2023
- This month Corbella Clinic celebrates its 35th anniversary! Our staff prepared something special to celebrate over three decades of life-saving work. In order to share our impact with friends like you we put together a 24-page anniversary booklet in thanksgiving for all you have helped us accomplish in 35 years. Please click here for an electronic copy of the booklet. The booklet beautifully presents Corbella’s mission and impact, and we are excited to share it not only with current supporters, but with new and potential donors as well to help our ministry grow, raise more support and save more lives as a result.
In a special way, we wanted to thank an anonymous group of faithful donors and the American Eagle Bank for helping cover the costs to design, print and mail 3000 copies of the full color booklet. Your generous support celebrates decades of lives saved and is a way to help Corbella grow and give hope, alternatives, and support to many more abortion-minded mothers for years to come!
December 2022
- Corbella Clinic was recently blessed with a generous grant from Elgin Township. These funds will help us cover the increasing operating expenses of our medical program. The addition of a new medical room and ultrasound machine in 2022 gave us the ability to serve twice as many patients, but also increased our medical expenses substantially. Elgin Township funds will greatly assist Corbella in serving a growing number of patients seeking help, answers and education in their early stages of pregnancy and beyond. We are extremely grateful to Elgin Township for their crucial support!
September 2022
- We are thrilled to announce that Corbella has completed the addition of a new medical room, including a second ultrasound machine for the clinic, and the ability to serve twice as many patients! The new machine has 3D technology and will allow our nurses to capture even clearer, sharper images of our patients’ growing babies. 3D ultrasounds are powerful tools to help moms see the reality of the new life inside of them. The cost of the machine was covered by a grant from Pre-Born. Corbella also received a grant from the Community Foundation of Fox River Valley to pay for medical furniture, plumbing, and equipment. The wall plaque recognizing the generous CFFRV grant is displayed in our new medical room. We are especially grateful to two volunteers who generously assisted with renovating the room, as well as to our dedicated medical room patrons, who provided financial support.
Julia Lynn, RN prepares to offer a life-saving 3D ultrasound in Corbella’s new medical room
March 2022
Our donor website is live!
- We have just launched our new donor website where you will encounter powerful patient stories and testimonials, Corbella news and updates, mission and history information, and the opportunity to support our life-affirming ministry through a financial gift. Our website is called “Missionaries of Life” to honor you, who share in our mission to save moms, dads, and babies from abortion.
- We initiated our Spring Appeal to raise funds for our pro-life work. The Spring Newsletter highlights three patients’ stories which illustrate the life-saving impact a Missionary of Life has in our community. We pray these stories will inspire you and bring you the joy of knowing your partnership is truly saving lives. Please consider making a donation to our Spring Appeal. We are very blessed to have your continued support and prayers!
February 2022
- Corbella’s team is now meeting weekly to pray together. The staff gathers around an image of Our Lord Jesus mid-day every Wednesday. Our prayer time includes Scripture reading, devotion/reflection, music, intercessions and quiet time. We offer our work to God, and pray for our patients and their unborn children. We also pray for our donors and their special intentions.
January 2022
- Two of Corbella’s patient stories were highlighted in the January 2022 Focus on the Family newsletter by Jim Daly (see pages 2-3). To view, please access https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FFNL-Jan22-LTR-Bullseye-Long.pdf
- On January 14, 2022 Corbella closed on the purchase of the property adjacent to ours. We are discerning the best way to use the property. Some possibilities are expansion of the building and/or the parking lot, or something new all together. Please pray for us as we discern the next steps.
- Corbella’s staff got together for a meeting and retreat on 1/26/2022. We spent time in prayer, reflection, and offered this new year of our ministry to God. It was a great opportunity to spend time with each other and renew our trust in the Lord and our commitment to serve, love, and support our patients, equipping them with the tools they need to choose life.