Dear John,

As the New Year quickly approaches, I want to tell you a story. 

This month our team provided our violence prevention program to a school's entire seventh grade - nearly 300 students! In one of our sessions, we focus on self esteem. We know that exploiters target children who are isolated and have low self esteem. During session two they learned skills to build self esteem and build stronger support with their peers. The activities we do in these sessions are challenging, and we witnessed students implement these skills immediately.

We recently had a student tell us “I learned that the people around me aren’t as critical as I thought. I wouldn’t be able to do that because I have bad anxiety. So, thank you.”

Your financial support is what makes stories like this possible. Since our program director joined us this spring, we have had a presence in ten schools and youth centers, where we have provided prevention education to 640 students and trained 303 teachers and social workers. Additionally, we have given trafficking awareness presentations to 270 community members.

Help us reach our Year-End goal and fund our South Sound Prevention Project. Right now, our funding allows us to provide training on a limited basis. With your help, we CAN reach more students in Tacoma School District. Every child deserves the skills they need to be safe.

Our goal is to raise $10,000 by December 31st to fund this project - Your support could go to provide:

$2,500 Full Package Training (1 School’s Students, Faculty, and Staff)

$1,000 Student Prevention Programming (1 School)

$500 School Faculty and Staff Training (1 School)

$250 Human Trafficking 101 Community Training (1 School)

Thank you for your continued commitment to our shared dream of preventing human trafficking. To support our goal of raising $10,000 for the South Sound Prevention Project, donate online at  traffickingprevention.org/donate.

Thank you and happy holidays from all of us here at WTP,

Kyra Doubek
Executive Director
http://www.traffickingprevention.org/