This Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, is North Texas Giving Day! For seven
years, the Communities Foundation of Texas hosts an online day of fundraising
for various North Texas nonprofits. Last year alone, $33 million was raised
through more than 118,000 gifts benefitting 2,020 nonprofits. Gifts of at least
$25 are also eligible to receive bonus
funds. This year, several of the ministries Reclaimed partners with are
participating in North Texas Giving Day. If you're interested in impacting the
fight against trafficking this North Texas Giving Day, read on to learn more
about these life-changing organizations that are participating and how you can
support them.
Website: http://www.newfriendsnewlife.org
Mission: New Friends New Life restores and empowers
formerly trafficked girls and sexually exploited women and their children.
Our Partnership: For the last few years Reclaimed has
been excited to partner with New Friends New Life in their mission to empower
women leaving the sex industry. They weekly host recovery classes and Reclaimed
has invested in this time of recovery through assisting with childcare
activities as well as providing dinner and hosting the women during the dinners
beforehand. Reclaimed members serve with New Friends New Life regularly, but
even if you don't volunteer with us, you can join us twice a year when we
invite the entire church to serve dinner with us and host the women well.
Website: http://redeemedministries.com
Mission: The mission of Redeemed Ministries is to
provide survivor care for women victims of sex trafficking that enables them to
lead restored, healthy and productive lives; to increase awareness in our
communities of the issues and atrocities of human trafficking; and to advocate
for victims of trafficking. We accomplish this in partnerships with churches,
law enforcement, and social service organizations.
Our Partnership: We met Dallas' leadership for
Redeemed about two years ago and have been excited to work together on unique
projects since then. Redeemed has helped us in educating our volunteers through
their available podcasts, coming to speak at events, and keeping us in the know
with what they're learning as they grow their Dallas operations. We've also had
the chance to work with Redeemed in caring for women leaving trafficking that
are in crisis, needing the church to step in and host them until they can
safely leave their situation and be set up for long term success. As Redeemed
continues to bring some of they lessons they learned in their Houston hub up to
Dallas, we're excited to grow and learn with them!
Website: http://www.traffick911.com
Mission: Traffick911's mission is to free youth from
sex trafficking through a three-prong strategy of prevention, identification
and empowerment. We serve youth ages 12 to 17 that have been victimized by sex
traffickers and work to equip youth and adults to not become sex buyers.
Our Partnership: Years before Reclaimed even existed
Watermark worked with Traffick911 to bring awareness and prevention education
to Dallas prior to Superbowl XLV which was the first to be hosted in the DFW
area. Now, Reclaimed is excited to have volunteers serving with Traffick911
regularly and consistently as they go into juvenile detention centers and
present on the dangers of trafficking and help identify children that have been
involved. We look forward to continuing to partner with them in the fight
against Trafficking.
Of course, there are many other worthy ministries and
nonprofits raising funds on North Texas Giving Day. Watermark also has a very thoughtfully
written blog about how to give wisely on North Texas Giving Day and every
other day for that matter. For a full list of nonprofits and to see real-time
results on Sept. 22, visit the Leaderboards. To learn
more about North Texas giving Day, visit their website.
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