SOAP is an Outreach that aims to distribute thousands of bars of soap with the National Human Trafficking Hotline number and key identifying questions FREE to local motels. Volunteers talk to motel owners and managers and provide them with a quick overview of what is happening to young girls in their hotels.
SOAP OUTREACH Campaign
On her worse night, being auctioned off to nearly two dozen men in a dingy, dirty, inner city motel, Ms. Flores recalled the only item that would have reached out to her. A bar of soap to clean up.
With that in mind, she has created SOAP, standing for Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution.
The project’s goal are:
- To Educate Motel Owners and staff on human trafficking.
- To offer a way for motel owners, clientele and victims to reach out for help.
- To address the Demand side of trafficking through awareness.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
1) One Time SOAP Outreach around an Event:
Organize a SOAP Outreach in your community. Theresa Flores will come and train your volunteers and help mobilize teams to approach potential high risk motels.
This works best around a certain, high demand sports event that brings in lots of people (mostly men) to an area. Such as: PGA tournaments, Kentucky Derby, Basketball playoffs, Final Four, Indy 500, Superbowl, World Series, Hall of Fame week, Bike Rally’s, etc.It also is ideal for any community with a high tourist population.
2) Ongoing Project:
Churches, groups or organizations can develop an ongoing outreach by “Adopting” a high risk motel or part of town. Groups will purchase a SOAP Starter Kit that includes a DVD to train participants how Human Trafficking in the US and how to approach the motel(s) to offer soap ongoing (daily or weekends only). The group is encouraged to commit to 6 months of 1 Year and to hold fundraisers and awareness events so that they can continually provide soap to the motel.
Support SOAP! Donate Online NowYou can send you your donations to:
PO Box 645 Worthington OH 43085
Make donation checks for SOAP payable to: Traffickfree/Theresa Flores.
SOAP Outreach Schedule for 2012:
Detroit Auto Show: Jan. 6 & 7
Super Bowl- Indianapolis: 2/1 & 2
Arnold Sports Festival: Columbus OH:2/29
NCAA First Four- Dayton OH: 3/11
PGA Memorial Golf Tournament: Dublin, OH: 5/26
NASCAR Sparta Kentucky: 6/28-30th
Brickyard 400- Indianapolis: 7/25 & 28th
Sturgis Bike Rally- South Dakota: 8/4 & 5
National Republican Convention- Tampa: 8/24 & 25
National Democratic Convention- Charlotte NC: 8/31 & 9/1
Quarter Horse Congress- Columbus OH; october
