40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign that, according to organizers, has already mobilized over 400,000 people worldwide, saved more than 3,500 lives from abortion, led to the conversion of 43 abortion workers, and seen nine abortion facilities close. The campaign has three components:

• Prayer and fasting: Believers throughout the city are invited to join together for 40 days of fervent prayer and fasting for an end to abortion

• Peaceful vigil: Participants stand for life during a 40-day peaceful public witness outside the Hope Clinic for Women, 1602 21st St. in Granite City.

• Community outreach: Participants help take a positive, upbeat pro-life message outreach to women and children in need.

In Granite City, since the previous three 40 Days for Life campaigns outside the Hope Clinic, where over 13,000 babies were killed annually, the numbers have drastically dropped to less than 4,000 abortions being performed in the last year.

For more information, or to "Adopt a Day to Stand and Pray," contact Angela Michael, campaign coordinator, at (618) 654-5800. E-mail , or sign-up at www.40daysforlife.com/granitecity. All are welcome.