Success falls short in how over-the-top this show was for the club and the community.  Every vendor space was sold out and the vendors were already reserving their space for the 2019 show.    The club made over $14K on this one event - our largest ever!!

 

Vendors said things like: "We sold more than our store sold and they were running a big sale"

 

Chairwoman and President-Elect Ashley Tullis and her trusty co-chair, Wendy Eichorn organized members, sold booths, and put together a great show.  Ashley acknowledged folks by name: Amir posted to Instagram; Robert hung a giant banner from a steel frame; Pam secured a chicken coop to auction; Charlie manned the back door and kept people coming in the right way; Sharon's cookies were the hit of the show and she also printed a huge number of handouts (saving the club $$); Karlon was a helpful greeter (most of the time); Wendy, Frank, Walt and Sarah (not even a member of our club) really know how to run a concession stand (with great food); Bruce sold vendor space, Tom was a real handy-man with the help of his granddaughter; Phil knows how to tape off a room and layout as well as be a great vendor; Cindy was amazing with the kind and giving pony rides (out in the heat); Cindy R is a great cashier, hostess and concession volunteer (in place of Interact students); Howard helped with set up, clean up, the door and all around volunteer; Debra created a live-feed of the show and shuttled seniors to the show; Don has a potential career on security; Dan was the photographer and took many great shots; Joe is really a great jack of all trades with audio, video, advertising and speakers (not your typical engineer); Bonnie, Sam and Glenn volunteered everywhere we needed them.

Ransomed Life is a healing community for sexually exploited girls age 12-17 years old who are trafficked or at risk of trafficking. 40 Million people are held in slavery per the International Labor Organization (ILO).  10 Million (1/4th) are minors. 

In 2016 it was a $150Billion industry!  It is the #1 criminal enterprise followed by drugs as #2 and illegal guns at #3.

 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act:  A human trafficking victim is a person induced into performing labor or a commercial sexual act.  A minor induced into performing commercial acts is automatically human trafficking.

 

Sex Trafficking in the US:

10 are US born to 1 foreign born

In Texas as of January 2017, 313000 humans trafficked.  79,000 are minors of which 75% are girls and 25% boys.  The other 234,000 are labor/slave trafficked.  74% of trafficked children were somehow involved in Child Protective Services (CPS).