COLORADO SPRINGS — FOX21 Information and Loving Residing Native are teaming as much as host a donation drive for Reclaiming Hope, a nonprofit that serves and cares for survivors of intercourse trafficking “on the level of restoration, throughout restoration and reintegration by addressing their bodily, emotional and religious wants.”
The donation drive for Reclaiming Hope is about to happen exterior the FOX21 Information studio in Colorado Springs (560 Wooten Highway) from eight a.m. – 11 a.m. on Friday, August 26.
Sues Hess, Government Director of Reclaiming Hope, stated they’re in want of a number of objects to fill the group’s ‘Hope Luggage,’ that are given to the survivors of intercourse trafficking.
“When legislation enforcement recovers victims, they want the clothes these survivors are carrying for DNA testing. Reclaiming Hope offers Hope Luggage in order that the survivors have one thing to put on,” stated Hess.
Based on Hess, the Hope Luggage had been just lately used to help FBI process forces in Operation Cross Nation, a nationwide intercourse trafficking initiative in August.
“Nationally, 225 folks had been rescued by this operation. That features 84 minors and 141 adults, and 37 had been listed as lacking kids,” stated Hess. “In Colorado alone, 11 kids had been rescued… this quantity features a three-month-old child with its mom.”
Hess tells FOX21 that as a result of Reclaiming Hope despatched 498 Hope Luggage to help Operation Cross Nation and legislation enforcement nationally, their cabinets are actually naked. Sixty extra Hope Luggage have additionally been requested to be despatched out by the top of August, so Hess stated the necessity to restock provides for the baggage continues to extend.
“These survivors are beginning over with nothing. With the assistance of people (on the donation drive and past), anybody can take a optimistic stand towards trafficking by offering any of the objects Reclaiming Hope consists of in Hope Luggage,” stated Hess.
A full record of donations wanted will be discovered beneath:
- Fleece blankets (one-layer, 50 inches x 60 inches)
- Clean journals
- Deodorant (journey measurement)
- Hand Sanitizer (journey measurement)
- Shampoo and conditioner (journey measurement)
- Hair picks
- Blister bandages
- Grownup-sized hoodies (M, L, XL, XXL)
- Grownup-sized athletic pants (M, L, XL, XXL)
- Grownup-sized t-shirts (clean is greatest, all sizes wanted)
- Grownup-sized cotton briefs (all sizes wanted)
- Grownup-sized sports activities bras (all sizes wanted)
*Solely new objects can be accepted as donations; used or opened objects is not going to be accepted.
“Probably the most important objects to supply proper now embody: 3-ounce sized deodorant, 3-ounce conditioner, journals, 50 x 60-inch fleece blankets, and athletic clothes in all grownup sizes,” stated Hess.
Hess stated the Hope Luggage are despatched out to help legislation enforcement all through the U.S. and embody “a full set of clothes, consolation objects and a hygiene equipment, given to folks rescued from intercourse trafficking.” Hess stated they pack the baggage for youngsters and adults, ranging in sizes from “2T-2XL (male, feminine and common).”
Hess stated the typical worth per Hope Bag is $150, and something folks can donate from the record above will assist help the mission of Reclaiming Hope.
If persons are unable to make the donation drive on Friday, Reclaiming Hope additionally accepts financial donations, and donations will be made right here.
