CHARLOTTE — MiraVia will host its 26th annual fundraising banquet online this year, due to restrictions on large in-person gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The online event is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 29.
The “Path to Life” banquet will feature keynote speaker Melissa Ohden, survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977. Ohden is the founder and director of The Abortion Survivors Network and is a master’s level prepared social worker. She is the author of “You Carried Me: A Daughter’s Memoir.”
The online event will also feature a virtual tour of the college-based residential facility located at Belmont Abbey College and testimonials from former and current MiraVia moms.
Online registration is free. Details are on page 6. Go to www.mira-via.org for more information and to register. Questions? Contact Megan Whiteside at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 704-525-4673, ext. 13.
— SueAnn Howell, senior reporter. MiraVia contributed.