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LOCAL COUPLE SELLING MOTHER’S DAY CARDS TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Beginning April 27, Paper Hope, a local company dedicated to aiding efforts to end sexual injustice around the world, will offer Mother’s Day cards for sale at Bloop Frozen Yogurt on Wards Road in Lynchburg. Cards sell for $20 and act as a donation in honor of mothers who receive them. The proceeds from each card will go towards organizations helping women and girls escape human trafficking and prostitution, including Gospel for Asia’s Red-Light Outreach and Freedom 4/24′s project to building a rescue home in Uganda.
Lynchburg couple, Tim and Sarah Gosnell, started Paper Hope after a trip to Nicaragua in 2010, where they met and heard the stories of girls who had been rescued from forced prostitution. They saw the need to raise awareness and fund this important work, so Paper Hope was born.
Last year, Paper Hope’s Mother’s Day project raised over $6,000. This ... Read More
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