John, 

This weekend, millions of people will gather to watch the biggest football game of the year. 

Bright lights. 
Packed hotels. 

Most people don’t know this… 

Wherever crowds gather, traffickers follow. Major sporting weekends bring increased travel, full hotels, busy airports, and distracted attention.  

Behind the excitement… 
Children will go missing. 

This is the perfect environment for exploitation. Law enforcement and child protection organizations know this pattern well.  

Trafficking spikes around large events because vulnerability increases. 

While millions are preparing for entertainment, vulnerable children are facing danger. They're not thinking about scores or highlights, but hoping to be safe - waiting for help before harm happens. 

This is why this moment matters. 

Here is a truth that should stop us cold: 

9 out of 10 missing children are trafficked right here in the United States. 

That's why I’m reaching out to you today. 

The Sound of Freedom Foundation exists to interrupt these moments of danger with protection, prevention, and action.  

We are not here for awareness alone.

Awareness without action does not save a child. We are here to stop trafficking before it starts, support intervention efforts, and protect children when the risk is highest. 

But this mission is not an idea. 

It is personal. 
It is lived.  
It is carried by those who know danger firsthand.

My name is Theresa Flores.  

I’m a survivor of child trafficking. And today, I work to help protect children before they disappear. 

I was fifteen years old. 
An honor student. 
A daughter. 

A girl who trusted the wrong “friend.” 

I was trafficked for two years. 
 
Most people imagine trafficking happens far away...in dark alleys...in other countries. 
 
To “other people.” 

But that’s not how it usually happens. 

Right now, as set up for the big game is underway, 120 trained partner volunteers are already on the ground in the Bay Area. 

Men and women working this week— 
Training hotel staff to recognize danger. 

Walking hotel halls, parking garages and public spaces. 

Watching. 
Reporting. 
Protecting. 

Standing where traffickers don’t expect resistance. 

Children cannot choose safety on their own. They depend on adults to act when danger is highest.  

Freedom is not a word painted in an end zone. It's safety, dignity and the chance to grow up without fear. 

Your donation right now helps fund prevention programs, strengthen intervention efforts, and protect innocent lives from trafficking and abuse.

It turns high-risk moments into moments of defense and hope.

The game will last a few hours. 
Your impact lasts a lifetime. 

Your generosity will create awareness and help ordinary people recognize danger before another child is harmed.

While millions will be watching, traffickers will be working. But so will our partners.  

And with your help, we can be faster and more effective in protecting children who need us most. 

We will place 30,000 soap packets into hotel rooms—each one printed with a missing child hotline number. 

That number has saved lives. 

Because sometimes, the only moment a child is truly alone… 
is in the bathroom. 

This is what rescue looks like before a headline or a news story. 

Right now, I’m asking you to do something just as important as giving. 

Please pray that they’ll be found. 

Pray for the children whose names we don’t know yet. 
Pray for the ones who are afraid to speak. 
Pray for courage, protection, and rescue. 

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me… and do not hinder them.” 

This is how we don’t hinder them. 
This is how we show up. 

This is your moment to step onto the field for freedom. 
This is your chance to make the play that changes a child’s future. 

If you feel led to take the next step, here’s how your gift helps protect children during this dangerous week: 

Traffickers are already preparing. 

But so are we. 

Because of people like you. 
Because of prayer. 

God’s children are not for sale. 

For God’s Children, 

Theresa Flores 
Freedom Fighter 
For the Sound of Freedom Foundation