Congratulations to past president, Jenny Sinrud, for being selected as our second ever Club Member Spotlight Star! And a star is exactly what she is, folks! Jenny is one of the strongest, most caring, and kind-hearted women I have ever met.
In May, Jenny graduated from MSU with a Bachelor’s of Science in Food and Nutrition. Less than a week after she, and her fiancé Derek, graduated, they got married at Resurrection church, near campus. That’s right, not only did Jenny spend her senior year of college studying hard and planing a wedding, she also worked and helped out with Students for Life. Like I said, she’s a STAR!
Before handing over the reins in Fall 2015, Jenny was the president of SFL for the 2014-15 school year. During her time as president, Jenny learned a lot about herself and the Pro-Life Movement. She heard about the club her freshman year, when she was asked to help make signs for the 2015 Bozeman March for Life. By that fall, she was president of the club and planned the 2016 march. During the year that Jenny was president, our club held a diaper drive where we accepted donations of supplies that would be useful to new moms and dads and then gave them to Zoe Care, the local pregnancy resource center.
Students for Life at MSU also completed the Pregnant on Campus Initiative under Jenny’s leadership. The Pregnant on Campus Initiative involved completing a long survey, provided by Students for life of America, that was then translated into a useful, online guide listing all of the resources our school has for pregnant and parenting students. These resources include things like family housing, diaper changing station locations, scholarships for pregnant and parenting students, and more. Thanks to Jenny’s direction and example, pregnant and parenting students can now go to pregnantoncampus.studentsforlife.org and click on the state of Montana and then MSU to find all of these resources in one handy guide!
As if that weren’t enough, Jenny also jumped through the institutional hoops to organize a free showing of October Baby on campus. Jenny also kept club members engaged with fun events like a game and pizza night. I think her accomplishments speak for themselves, but if you’re not convinced that she’s a complete pro-life rockstar, let me tell you about her baby saving background and reasoning for being pro-life…
Jenny’s grandmother was the Assistant Director of Birthright in Rapid City, South Dakota, while she was growing up. Jenny remembers going with her mother to visit her grandmother and seeing the fetal models that represented the actual sizes of babies at different stages of their mother’s pregnancies. Jenny says she loved to think about the little babies growing inside the mothers she saw enter the clinic. Now, as a recently married woman and college graduate, Jenny’s dream job is to be a mom. Let me tell ya, I’m pretty darn excited to spoil those little ones!
A big part of Jenny’s passion for The Movement stems from her memories of listening to her grandma talk about the families and individuals that she helped at the clinic. Jenny’s grandma explained the importance of meeting these people where they were at, ensuring that they had the support they needed to prioritize the lives of their children while also balancing their goals and responsibilities to achieve success for themselves and their new families. It is important to Jenny that people dealing with unplanned pregnancies know that their goals and dreams are important and that is why she supports the SFL@MSU Endowment Project.
When asked what was the best thing she has taken away from her involvement in SFL, Jenny emphasized that she learned how difficult it could be to do the right thing. She said that even though sometimes it was hard and discouraging to fight for life, this was a fight that would always be worth it. Can I get an AMEN!? It’s not easy to fight the good fight, but the fight for life is the good fight regardless. Standing for life can be UNCOMFORTABLE but it is oh so worth it, and Jenny saw that from a young age!
If I were to make a list of the top 10 women I hope my future daughters look up to, Jenny Sinrud would easily be on it. She is one of the most gentle, passionate, faithful women I’ve ever met and that, my friends is worth celebrating. I wish that I could remember the moment I met this amazing woman. It was some time during my freshman year at MSU. We ran in the same circles with SFL and women’s group at Resurrection, but I can’t remember exactly how we became friends. Those of you that know Jenny know that it doesn’t take very long after meeting her to see her kind heart and want to spend more time getting to know her and be around her, so it’s not surprising that I can’t remember a certain moment because it was probably all of the moments I spent with Jenny that made me want to be her friend. Those of you who don’t know Jenny can probably tell by now that I could go on for days about how wonderful she is, but I’ll just leave this post with a direct quote from Jenny.
When asked what reasons Jenny would give a prospective club member for why they should be involved in SFL, Jenny said, “It is extremely rewarding and important. Being in SFL helped me stay true to myself and my faith a lot during my college years. It was uncomfortable at times, but when you are pushed out of your comfort zone, amazing things happen. I really see the future of SFL being so wonderful and you have the power to help students on our campus who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. Even if you don’t have time to dedicate to weekly meetings or events, because college gets really busy, you can always pray for the group and students at MSU, and you can ALWAYS encourage someone!”
Derek, you are ONE LUCKY MAN, and we are one lucky club to not only have had one year of Jenny’s leadership and three and a half years of her involvement, we have a lifetime of support from this prayer warrior. Now THAT is what I’m talkin’ about!
In conclusion, I’d like to personally extend a HUGE thank you to Jenny for her years of dedication and support for the Pro-Life Movement and her continued prayers as she moves in to the next chapter of her life. We love you Jenny and please never forget the impact you’ve made and continue to make on our campus and in our hearts! Congratulations on your new adventures and on being our second Club Member Spotlight Star!
For Life,
Lindsay
Students for Life at MSU 
She is a very amazing woman. She was also a very amazing and fun child. Thank you Jenny for being a part of our family. I know your future is bright. You so deserve this honor. Keep up the hard work show the world how a person is suppose to represent GOD.
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