A huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated to the coat drive this week!!  We far exceeded my expectations and collected 44 coats!  The majority of the women's coats go to Doma International which helps victims of sex trafficking here in Ohio.  The other women's coats as well as the men's and children's go to World Relief Columbus which helps refugees who are resettled here.  It's hard to believe that sex trafficking is a problem in Ohio and equally hard to believe that some of the people we share our cities with are refugees who have suffered horrific things and have been placed here -with us, to be able to live a better life.  To us a coat is not the end of the world but for them it can be the beginning of a tolerable one.  I think it means more than we will ever know... When everyone has treated you more like garbage than a human being you need people to step in and say, you mean something to me and I care about you.    You guys said that.  You guys rock!!

Each year anywhere from 40 to 75 thousand refugees are resettled in the U.S.A.
It is estimated that at least 17,500 victims of human trafficking also arrive in America each year and remain held against their will.