“Send Love, Bring Joy, Spread Freedom”

From a great group at Ashland University:

The Human Trafficking Awareness Group at Ashland University held a small fundraiser for Gracehaven this past week.  In the celebration of Valentine’s Day, our group sold valentine cards with Fair Trade chocolates on the inside.  We thought it would be great if we could support anti-trafficking on two ends of the spectrum: 1) by supporting Fair Trade farmers through purchasing Fair Trade chocolate and 2) by donating all of the revenues to the rehabilitation efforts at Gracehaven.

Our motto for the sale was: send Love, bring Joy, spread Freedom.  The idea behind it was by sending a valentine, the purchaser is sending someone a note of love, which brings joy to the recipient and the $1 donation goes to support bringing freedom to victims of human trafficking.  After two days of selling valentines, we raised a little over $130 for Gracehaven!  We are very pleased with how the sale went. I attached a photo of our table and of some of the wonderful members of HTAG who helped out with the sale.

Thank you to everyone who organized and participated in this, it is truly heartwarming to read about!

~Gracehaven Staff