I started my 10 week internship at The Hope Project the first week of April. I am currently attending college for Human Services and became interested in learning more about Human Trafficking. What better place than the Hope Project?! As I experience my internship, I will blog about my journey here at the Hope Project. Although my classes have ...

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I started my 10 week internship at The Hope Project the first week of April. I am currently attending college for Human Services and became interested in learning more about Human Trafficking. What better place than the Hope Project?! As I experience my internship, I will blog about my journey here at the Hope Project. ...

After the 5k event in September, one woman who participated in the event wore her “Run Down Human Trafficking” t-shirt to a soccer game in Chicago the next day.  Someone saw her shirt and asked her about it. It turns out that the soccer team was planning on doing a human trafficking awareness event and needed t-shirts!  We had...

 We are sooo thankful for everyone who has gotten involved with our mission!

Last month, two different bible study groups came and sorted clothes at our thrift store! One group was made up of young adults, and the other was a youth group of Jr. High students. What they did was a HUGE BLESSING!!! The young adult group did 10.5 hours of ...

Hello, Hope Project fans!

Mandi has moved to New York to work in anti-trafficking on the international level. We are so proud of her!!! We are also so thankful for all she has done with the Hope Project. We were truly blessed to have her on our team!!! We know she will do great things in New York.

With Mandi in New York, I’ve ...

Last night's Freedom Walk was inspiring.  Over 65 people came to downtown Grand Rapids to join The Hope Project is raising awareness of child trafficking.  We walked through the downtown area, handing out over 300 fliers with information on child trafficking in the United States.  Some of the people we met along the way even joined ...

Today is the last day of our whirlwind 10-day tour of the Eastern United States' anti-trafficking ministries.  Yesterday we had the amazing privilege of being invited to International Justice Mission's headquarters in Washington, D.C.  We met with staff in the Aftercare department and learned all about their rehabilitative programs ...

This morning we had the opportunity to tour the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).  In 2003, NCMEC teamed up with the FBI to create the Innocence Lost campaign to rescue children from situations of sexual trafficking.  Since 2003 they have freed over 1,200 children from sexual slavery in the United States.  ...

Today was filled with meetings and fun happenings in our nation's capitol.  We've arrived in Washington, D.C. now and there is so much to do in this city!  We started the day off visiting the Salvation Army Headquarters and learning more about one of their anti-trafficking programs, the Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking (...

This weekend was filled with more great meetings with awesome organizations.  Friday we had the opportunity to meet with staff from Wellspring Living in Atlanta.  Over 300 children are trafficked every month in Atlanta, so anti-trafficking organizations like Wellspring Living are desperately needed.  This organization has created a ...

We have been blessed with the opportunity to visit several other anti-trafficking organizations around the country over the next 10 days. We are traveling around the Midwest, down South, and up the East Coast of the United States meeting with other abolitionists and brainstorming how we can work together to fight this great evil of modern-day ...

The Freedom Formal this past weekend was a blast!  The event was held in the gorgeous & elegant Alumni House at Grand Valley State University. Dancing, desserts, an awesome presentation by Miss Michigan, and a silent auction were all a part of the evening.  The night started with the keynote speaker, Miss Michigan 2010 (...