Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

January 2, 2023 at 3:13 PM

Wishing you a Happy New Year

John, Happy New Year! We’re meeting 2023 feeling hopeful and inspired — and we hope you are, too.  Thank you for being part of this social justice movement to end human trafficking. Only together, with a shared commitment, can we bring healing, hope, a…

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  Polaris · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 9:42 PM

URGENT message for you ⏰

Your last chance for 4x FLASH MATCH! John, please don’t let your 4x FLASH MATCH expire! DONATE NOW Until MIDNIGHT, every $1 you give becomes $4 — to stop human trafficking, and to restore hope and freedom for v…

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 12:39 PM

You are needed NOW ⏳

4x FLASH MATCH expires at midnight! John, You are needed, and the time is NOW! With just hours left in the year, your FLASH MATCH offer expires soon. HERE’S MY URGENT GIFT Until midnight, every…

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  Tanya Gould, Survivor Leader & Polaris Board Member · [email protected]

December 30, 2022 at 12:27 PM

Just for you, here’s my video message

I hope you’ll watch — and respond from the heart! John, I’m a survivor of human trafficking. I’m also a proud member of the Polaris board of directors. As the year comes to a close, I’ve recorded a short video just for YOU. …

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  Sara Woldehanna, Polaris · [email protected]

December 27, 2022 at 2:14 PM

“My voice is pretty powerful”

Will you amplify a survivor’s voice today? John, I have a voice, and my voice is actually pretty powerful…. I would love to stay in the process. This is what survivors want you and me to know about the first-of-its-kind National Survivor Study. We des…

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  Jen Jinks, Polaris · [email protected]

December 21, 2022 at 2:07 PM

Breaking free is just the beginning

You can give a survivor tools to rebuild. John, Lana’s trafficker put his credit cards in her name. When he skipped out on hotel bills and defaulted on his car payment, it damaged her credit report. Lana believed they were in love, so she didn’t mind h…

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

December 19, 2022 at 2:13 PM

Carla has just 48 hours

You are urgently needed. And your gift will be MATCHED! John, 48 hours. It’s all she has to find a new place to live. Carla is a single mom of three — and a survivor of sex trafficking, working to heal and rebuild her life. Her landlord just informed h…

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  Andrea Rojas, Polaris · [email protected]

December 15, 2022 at 2:13 PM

You can give FREEDOM this season

Your generous care empowers a worker. John, Mateo journeyed to North Carolina from his home in Mexico. He had been hired to work on a farm with an H-2A visa. The promise of a job with a decent salary sounded miraculous. The pandemic had made the scarce …

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  Megan Cutter, Polaris · [email protected]

December 7, 2022 at 10:09 PM

The Hotline needs you tonight

This 3x FLASH MATCH ends at midnight. John, Thanks for celebrating today’s 15th anniversary of the National Human Trafficking Hotline with us! The Hotline is the backbone of the U.S. response to sex and labor trafficking. Available 24/7, 365 days a year…

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  Blake T., Polaris · [email protected]

December 7, 2022 at 2:11 PM

FLASH MATCH for the Hotline! 24 hrs only

Honor this 15th anniversary with your loving gift. John, 15 YEARS! Today we celebrate a milestone anniversary of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. This lifeline to hope, help, and healing has supported tens of thousands of trafficking victims and…

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

December 1, 2022 at 2:07 PM

John, here's your Polaris Post

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  Robert Beiser, Polaris · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 11:24 PM

Giving Tuesday is almost over

Don’t miss this chance to DOUBLE the good you can do. John, With just a few hours before Giving Tuesday ends, I want to remind you: You still have time to DOUBLE the good you can do through a special match. Making your gift before midnight means so muc…

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  Allison Grossman, Polaris · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 2:20 PM

She’s still being punished — for being exploited

You can create change TODAY. John, My abuser — a trafficker and pimp — forced me to post ads online, pay the phone bills, and get his cars fixed. When I didn’t want to, he threatened me and was violent. Those actions landed me in prison. I’m still bein…

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

November 28, 2022 at 11:15 PM

Your Giving Tuesday invitation

Create real change, starting NOW. John, Giving Tuesday is your invitation to create the change the world needs. And for our Polaris community, Giving Tuesday starts NOW! With a special match, your early gift will be DOUBLED — doing twice as much good. …

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

November 22, 2022 at 2:16 PM

We’re grateful for you

As an ally, you make a powerful difference. You help to restore hope, healing, and freedom. John, Thank you for being part of this social justice movement for hope, healing, and freedom. We are grateful for your commitment to ending human trafficking. W…

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

November 10, 2022 at 2:19 PM

You’ll want to read this

Your chance to feel extra-great about doing good starts NOW. Here’s a 2x match for your gift! John, Trafficking is a complex problem. But when you take one simple action today, together we make big progress toward ending human trafficking. Starting NOW…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

October 17, 2022 at 1:18 PM

Celebrating victories — and what’s next — with you

You’re helping make progress possible for justice and freedom. There’s more work to be done, and you are needed! John, What’s possible in 20 years? Real progress! Some of which I want to share with you today — while also looking to what’s next…and how you …

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

September 29, 2022 at 1:18 PM

Your solidarity matters deeply

With your care and support, we’ll continue building true allyship with survivors at every step. John, As I mark my second anniversary as the CEO at Polaris, I’m grateful to be part of this social justice movement — alongside you — to end human trafficking. …

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

September 26, 2022 at 1:16 PM

John, here's your Polaris Post

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

September 5, 2022 at 1:16 PM

Are you a Labor Day ally?

Deadline to step forward is TODAY. John, What does Labor Day mean to you? We are committed to honoring all workers — while doing more for those most vulnerable to labor trafficking.   Will you step up today to protec…

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  Robert Beiser, Polaris · [email protected]

September 1, 2022 at 1:17 PM

Would you stop trafficking if you could?

I believe the answer is “yes.” But time is running out.   John, What if you could stop sex trafficking before it starts? If you could spare a vulnerable person from the horrors of exploitation … I believe you would. And I want yo…

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  Jen Jinks, Polaris · [email protected]

August 24, 2022 at 1:17 PM

Will you honor her courage?

You can protect someone like Fainess today.   John, I grew up in a poor village in Malawi without electricity or running water. I suffered abuse from childhood. There was little hope for a better life. So I was excited when offere…

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  José Luis Olmos Rodríguez, for Polaris · [email protected]

August 16, 2022 at 4:15 PM

This is how abuse happens ...

But you can prevent it.   John, Soon after I turned 18, a call changed my life. But not in the ways I expected. A friend who was working in the U.S. told me his boss was offering me a job — cooking at fairs. It felt like a good c…

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  Robert Beiser, Polaris · [email protected]

August 10, 2022 at 1:13 PM

Are you “all in” to stop traffickers?

You can end the exploitation of vulnerable people where it begins — don’t miss this opportunity.   John, What does it take to end a $150 billion criminal industry — built on exploiting vulnerable people? Here’s what we’ve learned:…

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  Andrea Rojas, Polaris · [email protected]

August 4, 2022 at 4:10 PM

Can the story change?

Workers like Timoteo need empowerment and hope.   John, Exploiting hope. It’s how Timoteo’s traffickers operated. Timoteo was recruited by a U.S. “employer” with the promise of earning $11+ per hour picking berries. It sounded li…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

July 30, 2022 at 1:09 PM

Today is for solidarity

Each of us is called to do more on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Will you?   John, Today we mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — a day for fierce hope and solidarity.  Our friend Elizabeth from Papillion, Ne…

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

July 19, 2022 at 1:12 PM

John, here's your Polaris Post

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  Lisa, for Polaris · [email protected]

June 20, 2022 at 1:12 PM

Fwd: You matter

Please don’t miss this opportunity. John, As a survivor of trafficking, I want you to know how much your gift means. And, I want to be sure you didn’t miss Patrick’s note, below. TODAY is your last chance for the 4x match.  Because of caring people like you, we’re S…

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

June 18, 2022 at 12:10 PM

You matter

Your 4x matched gift will make a real difference. Don’t miss the deadline!   John, Have we told you lately? You are important. As an ally to victims and survivors of human trafficking, you help restore freedom and support healing.…

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  Sara Woldehanna, Polaris · [email protected]

June 15, 2022 at 1:12 PM

Show survivors you care

Less than a week left in our 4x matching challenge! Don’t miss this chance to create real change.   John, Human trafficking doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s the result of injustices and inequities in our society. We know this bec…

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  Lisa, for Polaris · [email protected]

June 7, 2022 at 1:16 PM

My first trafficker was my mom

Lisa shares her story with you — and asks for your help.   John, My first trafficker was my mom. Things seemed normal on the outside. I came from an upper-middle-class family. I went to school and church. I took ballet classes. I …

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  Sara Woldehanna, Polaris · [email protected]

June 1, 2022 at 7:18 PM

You’ll be shocked

Your 4x matched gift will answer the call for victims and survivors, and prevent trafficking.   John, Adaptable. What comes to mind when you hear the word? Adjusting and staying flexible can be a virtue. But not when we’re talkin…

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  Jen Jinks, Polaris · [email protected]

May 26, 2022 at 1:15 PM

If you could hear their voices...

  John, Imagine you can hear the voices of those who call the National Human Trafficking Hotline on an average night. You would hear stories like: I never knew it was sex trafficking. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid. My mom …

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

May 25, 2022 at 9:22 PM

John, here is your Polaris Post

Polaris Newsletter Template   The Polaris Post Dear John, As Polaris celebrates our 20th anniversary this year, we want to warmly welcome you to The Polaris Post! In this space we will share…

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  Patrick McIntyre, Polaris · [email protected]

May 20, 2022 at 6:37 PM

You can help today

Your 4x matched gift will respond to how traffickers are exploiting vulnerable people now.   John, I’m grateful for you. Thank you for your commitment to end human trafficking. People exploited by traffickers need you now more tha…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

February 22, 2021 at 2:01 PM

Digging deeper to end trafficking

Join us in tackling the social root causes that allow trafficking to flourish. Dear John, Ending human trafficking will take more than arrests and prosecutions alone, more than ensuring that there are enough shelters and safe houses, and more than passing a new law, or ena…

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  Caren Benjamin, Polaris · [email protected]

February 12, 2021 at 3:01 PM

When love is a weapon

Survivors share their stories. Dear John, In the wrong hands, love is a weapon. That's probably a different message than most of the hearts-and-flowers themed takes on Valentine's Day filling your inbox for the last few weeks. But we figured, since love is in the air, now …

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  Caren Benjamin, Polaris · [email protected]

January 16, 2021 at 3:01 PM

Shocked and horrified

Human trafficking does not happen in a vacuum. Dear John, “Shocked and horrified.” That’s the reaction we hear most often when people reach out to us wanting to help after attending a January Human Trafficking Awareness Month event and learning about the issue for the fi…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

January 8, 2021 at 4:22 PM

The work ahead

Thank you for your support in 2020. Dear John, Happy new year! 2020 was a long, challenging year for many, which is why I am so proud of the Polaris community. You came together at a time when it mattered more than ever, to support survivors of human trafficking and to pr…

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  Allison Grossman · [email protected]

January 6, 2021 at 3:00 PM

You made it harder for traffickers to hide

New law lifts veil of corporate secrecy, so law enforcement can trace trafficking businesses. Dear John, We won! Thanks to so many of you who lent your support, law enforcement now has an important tool to unmask human traffickers hiding behind fake businesses and anonymo…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

January 1, 2021 at 12:02 AM

LAST CHANCE to make a 2020 gift

DOUBLE the impact of your gift! Dear John, There are only HOURS LEFT in 2020 to have your gift MATCHED up to $150,000 for DOUBLE the impact. Your gift supports trafficking victims who are reclaiming their freedom and rebuilding their lives. We're so close to reaching our goal, …

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

December 31, 2020 at 5:02 PM

Did you get this email?

Only a few hours left to take advantage of the matching opportunity! Dear John, 2020 is winding down and so is our matching opportunity. You only have a FEW HOURS left to take advantage of the flash $150,000 matching challenge to have DOUBLE THE IMPACT. Don't wait - your gift n…

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  Polaris · [email protected]

December 31, 2020 at 11:01 AM

LAST CHANCE: Make your 2020 gift now

It’s the FINAL DAY to make your tax-deductible gift to Polaris – donate now! The Clock is TICKING on our MATCH OFFER John, today is the LAST DAY of 2020, and that means it’s the LAST DAY to make your gift go TWICE AS FAR during the $150,000 2-day Year End Flash Matc…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

December 30, 2020 at 11:01 PM

URGENT: 2 Days Left

Your gift today will be MATCHED! Dear John, Since I last wrote, we now have a NEW 2-day $150,000 Year-End Flash Match! Two of our partners are so impressed with our community's generosity this year that they offered to match all gifts up to $150,000!  We are excited to take ou…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

December 28, 2020 at 2:02 PM

The clock is ticking

We’re counting on you, John. Are you in? THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON 2020 We’re down to the wire, John. There are just a few days left to make a tax-deductible donation in 2020. Make a very special first gift to Polaris today and make a difference in the fight to end hu…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

December 27, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Your gift will help victims and survivors transform their lives.

We’re in the final week of 2020. Dear John, The last days of 2020 are here, and with them your last chance of the year to join our work in fighting human trafficking with a tax-deductible gift. The road ahead will be challenging, and your support is critical to our succes…

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  José Alfaro · [email protected]

December 23, 2020 at 2:02 PM

[WATCH] My story in my own words.

  Dear John, Today, I am a survivor of a sex trafficking, but the path to freedom was not easy. You may have first read my story in a previous email or letter mailed to your house and now you have the opportunity to learn more about my experience as a survivor in the video…

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  Polaris · [email protected]

December 21, 2020 at 2:03 PM

Your gift status is PENDING

Your gift today will be MATCHED – donate now.     John xxxxxx 1090 Vermont Ave NW Washington DC xxxxxx4905 Your Gift: $25 Deadline: December 31st Gift Status: PENDING       Our records show we haven’t received your year-end gift yet. Make your gift by t…

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  Catherine Chen, Polaris · [email protected]

December 16, 2020 at 5:17 PM

Help more survivors transform their lives

Do TWICE as much good during the Transform Matching Gift Campaign. Dear John, If you could support victims and survivors as they transform their lives for the better, would you do it? As a compassionate member of our community, I know you would. Today, you have that cha…

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  Polaris · [email protected]

December 4, 2020 at 8:38 PM

Our community came together on Giving Tuesday!

Your support is important.  Dear John,  Thanks to the generosity of the Polaris community, we raised nearly $74,000 during our Light the Path to Freedom Giving Tuesday challenge, just shy of your $75,000 goal. We are incredibly humbled by our community's support. Hundred…

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