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St. Petersburg DCCW / Outreach / Resources / Bridging Freedom / Bridging Freedom Candlelight Vigil

Bridging Freedom Candlelight Vigil

February 22, 2015

20150117_163637-1Left: Mary Woltman, Pat Hanson, Cathy Pena, Beth Aubin, Gail Merrill, and Marlene Fredrick at the DCCW table with donated water.

Sheriff Wilkett, Pasco County moved the audience to the verge of tears as he recounted some of the atrocities against our youth witnessed during his career. We are 2nd or 3rd largest area in Florida. The youngest child he rescued was an 8 years old who had been sold repeatedly from the age of 5.

Austen Williams, Mrs America, spoke from her heart as she shared having been sexually attacked, but nothing she experienced compared to what the children captured into under age sex trafficking go through each day, over and over again. She encouraged each of us to help in anyway we were capable to stop this slavery.

This is about being pro life, putting our faith into practice by supporting this foundation, and donating to the Bridging Freedom Boutique. Her dress was made by 3 women who were rescued from sex trafficking.

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