By Holly Stansbery ’12
Marketing and Communications Intern

Two Grove City College students, Gret Glyer ’12 and Nick Freiling ’13, have found an innovative way to make a difference. In just a few months, their non-profit One Sonogram, which provides funding for the technology at pregnancy crisis centers nationwide, has received numerous donations, coverage in World on Campus online magazine, won the on-campus Elevator Pitch competition for social enterprise and currently has more than 4,000 Facebook ‘Likes’.

One Sonogram is built on the argument that women, when shown a sonogram of their unborn child, choose life. Options Pregnancy Resource Center in Oregon says that their abortion rates dropped from 75 to 30 percent when women chose to have an ultrasound. One Sonogram knows from information provided by the Guttmacher Institute that women considering abortion often cannot afford a sonogram, which cost $85 apiece.

Freiling and Glyer were originally put in touch with the Alpha Omega Pregnancy Center in Slippery Rock through some friends on campus and were able to see first-hand the needs of a pregnancy crisis center. “We wanted to do something to help,” Freiling said, “and so knowing how hard it can be to raise money, we decided to use our skills to promote pregnancy centers online and raise money through social media and online networking.” On their website’s blog, Glyer writes, “Part of what is included in this mission is an attempt to allow women to choose life on their own.”

While Glyer and Freiling have a specific mission in mind, they want to reach the highest number of people. “We try to steer clear of political or religious endorsements. Our goal is to provide as many free sonograms as possible, and by avoiding political or religious affiliation, we are able to reach out to as many people as possible,” Freiling said.

In one month, Freiling and Glyer have created a community of thousands of people both online and on-campus. Their numbers alone show that they are having great success in their cause. For more information on the non-profit, visit One Sonogram’s website at www.onesonogram.com.