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STORAGE GIVES


That young 14-year-old will never return to her family again. She has nowhere to go for Christmas or Thanksgiving. “So, the night before Thanksgiving,” Cole explained, “we drove up to North Louisiana to see two girls who were in a group home and would not be able to go anywhere.” The night before, Cole asked her great-niece to make two Thanksgiving cards for the girls. She stayed up all night but was so disap- pointed that she was unable to finish coloring them in. “Both of the girls were so excited that they had something to color,” Cole said. “They said, ‘I have something to do today!’” With the $40,000 donation from the auction, StorageGives gets to be a part of these, and many other, special moments. Cole has story after story of girls and boys who, at very early ages, were trafficked, and how the Sparrow Foundation, and now StorageGives, has made a difference in their lives. Many of these heart-wrenching stories can be found on their website, thesparrow. foundation, and their social media platforms. Dani’s PBS special can also be found on their website.


While the statistics on sex trafficking are staggering, Cole tends to steer away from quoting them. “They study


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the data, write papers about them, give opinions on them,” Cole said. “They form organizations, but no one is hands-on like we are. I have data, but I also have the stories. I can tell you that the average age of victims is between 10 and 12 for girls , and for boys, eight and 10,” she said. “But the youngest I’ve ever met with was an infant. I can give you the national and state statistics, or I can tell you my stories.” And the stories have found her. From an early age, Cole was always drawn to people in need. It’s no wonder that she has worked for the Department of Family and Children’s Services, Joyce Myers’ Ministry, and Operation Blessing, where she first met Bickford, who was cooking for Kartina volunteers. Cole was never looking to solve the human trafficking epidemic. “I was looking for the hurting,” she said.


Not everyone has the time or resources to be the boots on the ground like Cole, but everyone can contribute because every donation counts. As Bickford says, “A lot of a little adds up.” Information about partnering with the Sparrow Foundation and StorageGives can be found on their websites, thesparrow.foundation and storagegives.org.


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