What we've been doing... 

Check this page of our site regularly for the things we do each month. As the months turn into years, we'll be able to look back and see what things we've accomplished together! Alone we can accomplish some, together we can do SO MUCH. 

2018//JUNE

Family Care:  We were able to help 4 families out with the hope house.  We were able to provide lots of clothes, diapers and toiletries.  Also we had a car seat, stroller and high chair donated.  Which we were able to give away!!
Survivor Care: This month we have deepened our connection with local survivors, helping with transportation, housing and encouragement. 
Plans and designs are in the works for our transitional apartments.  This is such an exciting program as there are so many survivors in need of immediate housing while they wait on a more permanent and stable situation. Sarah, our Boost Box Coordinator spent the month preparing July's Boost Box... The Summer Reading Box. Kelly, our Survivor Care Coordinator attended a local VBS for middle schoolers, teaching them about Human Trafficking. 
Community Care: We were able to feed 3 families with our new program Community Canteen.  This program is to simply bless people in our community that maybe going through a hard time. Every story is different. We want to make sure they know they are seen and loved.
2018//MAY 
Family Care: We gave away 14 weighted blankets this month and 3 people used the Hope House. We are giving away an average of 2 blankets a week now!!
Survivor Care: May was different here at Children's Lantern as our partnering Case Management Agency was revamping their intake process. We have had the role this month of keeping spirits high as they wait for case management services. It's great to know that we at Children's Lantern are able to step into just about any role needed. 
Community Care: We are preparing for an amazing feeding opportunity for the month of June. Stay tuned!
2018//APRIL
Family Care: April was very busy with our weighted blankets!  We were able to give away 7 that month.  All the foster parents loved the info they got from Empower to Connect.  I am working on possibly doing more trainings for foster parents up here in the future.
Community Care: Wow, what an amazing April! Because YOU gave we were able to feed 298 people in Mexico! We also were able to help young and elderly see clearly for the first time! The donated 61 glasses were able to help in 4 different cities. We are beyond thankful for your giving hearts, You made a difference.
Survivor Care: Connection with 20 young women on the fringes in Mexico. Received huge support from three local organizations; Labo's Aquatics, Beauty Comes from the Heart and the Ladies of Faith and Grace. Our Boost Box Program sent 8 game night themed boxes to our child survivors. Continuing to assist survivors with their unique needs; art therapy, rent assistance, visitations and much more. 
Finances Raised YTD: $33, 828.36

2018//MARCH

New followers on social media outlets: 157
Family Care:  Welcome back Mandy Keegan! 
Community Care: Holding steady at 25 but we are preparing for time in Mexico to feed kids in April. Thank you for your item donations too! 
Survivor Care: We've helped in so many ways! Housing assistance even looks like helping clean up a survivor's apartment after she had to move out. 
Finances YTD: $33,002 
We are starting to really prepare for our Annual Golf Outing and Harley Raffle too. These are two BIG fundraisers that help to keep our lights on and the employees working. Please, please join us. 

2018//FEBRUARY

Family Care: We added ten times that we've helped to our numbers this month. These are families we've helped with gift cards and clothing for kids coming into care. 
Survivor Care: 15 and this includes our 8 Boost Boxes that were sent out to the youth/kids we work with that have been trafficked. To know more about this program, read more here.  
Community Care: 25 
Finances Raised YTD: $18,215 
Number of people trained so far in 2018: 86
This includes a training on human trafficking at Four County Vocational School for all the staff! 

2018//January 

New followers on social media outlets: 136 
Family Care: 23... a great start to 2018. We received a bunch of weighted blankets from our amazing sewing group and we able to serve many kids on our waiting list this month. 
Survivor Care: We have helped different survivors 7 different times this month. 
Community Care: We were able to help a family of 5 in our community with food and other items this month. 
Finances raised YTD: $9,516 so far! Most of which is for our Survivor Housing project from our Freedom Gala. Read more below. 

2018 Freedom Gala

Our first ever Freedom Gala event went off without a hitch! A beautiful evening for a swinging good time for a great cause. We had about 200 people in attendance and raised over $9,750 that night. All of those funds help us to house more trafficking survivors and to get our very own transitional housing apartments off the ground. We have housing managers in training now and the architects are finalizing plans.
To see the amazing photos from the evening, please click here: Beginning Light Photography by Brandi Eberle