Thank you to those who attended our SHOP to STOP human trafficking marketplace again (and to those who were new shoppers). We changed things up by having the event this year at Eastern Christian Middle School (which was really great! Thank you, ECMS! We are grateful for the use of your facility, kindness, and your hospitality). We are thankful for those who volunteered their time, as well as the vendors who did the hard work of selling items for the sake of ending human trafficking.

This year, all proceeds from the event went to two critical ministries on the front lines.
• Love Links is a local woman to woman ministry that desires to share the hope and love of Jesus Christ to those that work and frequent the adult entertainment industry. 
• Heart of Mercy Mission helps women in cultures where suffering and oppression are rampant. HMM is the humanitarian arm of Christian Women in Media and ministers to women in developing countries, walking alongside survivors of human trafficking as they take their first brave steps toward freedom.

Young Living USA works on sustainable farms and distilleries aiming for zero waste. Essential oils are a form of natural healthcare made from plants. They have had their own foundation to fight against the exploitation of people who are vulnerable or are being put through human trafficking situations. They have helped in prevention, have provided with aftercare programs and help for those who are survivors, and are able to get care or return the survivors safely back to their homes. They have an academy to help students, help women towards empowerment, fight malaria in Uganda, and more all around the world.

Moo La La Catering: This is a tasty catering business devoted to showing up to events and donate to causes that are important to them. Their brownies were incredible (we hope you had them). They served ice cream and had other great baked goods for your enjoyment. They have high quality goods and we hope you will hire them for your own future events.

Trades of Hope gives women around the world job opportunities. Trades of Hope offers jobs to those who have been trafficked or are living in areas with high possibilities of trafficking. They even help those who are disabled to have a chance to thrive and have a business. The artisans that they work with around the world create gorgeous items! These women artisans live in Cambodia, East Asian countries, Haiti, India, Dominican Republic, Peru, The US, Thailand, Nepal, Mexico, and Guatemala.

Ornaments 4 Orphans help create jobs as a form of ending poverty to help those who are vulnerable and to help orphans in Africa. The idea is that when you offer to teach jobs to people living in poverty, they are more likely to be able to provide for their families, so they don’t try to send their children to orphanages in desperation to help them survive (70% of kids in orphanages in Africa have a parent). They also help reunite orphans who have been separated from their families by working in communities. The items they make provide living wages for the artisans.

Noonday Collection is a B Corp/Fair Trade standard products. Each of the pieces they sell is hand created by empowered women from countries where many are targeted and put into human trafficking situations. Some of the women they have partnered with were women who had been rescued from trafficking and now run their own businesses creating the pieces Noonday sells.

Galana Coffee Co comes directly from farmers in Olancho, Honduras. You can enjoy the rich and amazing taste of the coffee while feeling thrilled that you are helping a community of families that work on the farms to have a sustainable and living wage.