ARM OF CARE INC

*********************** It is not too late to buy your tickets for our upcoming fundraiser: Saturday, October 5th at 4:00 p.m. in Walnut Creek! A few highlights include: Guest Speaker (one of our clients will share her healing journey) Live Music (A violinist) Yummy food Beer and Wine Great auction and raffle items Live Zoom with our Georgia Team Link to buy tickets: https://lnkd.in/gezBsNRp Hope to see you there! *******************

ARM of Care is hosting our next amazing fundraiser event on Saturday October 5th. This promises to be another fun and educational event, so grab your tickets and come join us for some hands-on, restorative experiences that will help you to learn all about the amazing work that ARM of Care is doing! https://lnkd.in/gezBsNRp #comejoinus #

One of our women who uses poetry to tell her recovery story, felt that she had writer’s block. We started a brain map. She wanted to write about her experiences of gaslighting. She shared some words associated with “Gaslighting” and soon a poem came to her. The finished poem will be in her next book, so we’ll have to wait until it comes out!

Each year on July 30th, we observe World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. This year’s theme is “Leave No Child Behind in the Fight Against Human Trafficking”. This year’s global campaign focuses on the vulnerability of children and urges accelerated action to end child trafficking. Children are subjected to various forms of trafficking, including exploitation in forced labor, criminality or begging, trafficked for illegal adoption, and online and sexual abuse and exploitation. According to the UNODC’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, one in three victims of human trafficking is a child.

ARM of Care is connected to experts in the field and will host a forum discussion with Government officials, County Human Trafficking Task Force members, volunteers and staff from ARM of Care for families to learn more about how trafficking issues affect our teens. Here is the information: Aug 29, 2024 from 7–8pm Location: Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church in the Parlor 1801 Lacassie Ave. Walnut Creek Link to the event: https://lnkd.in/gGy2jtu7

During a recent program, the ladies enjoyed a wake up/warm up routine that included self massage techniques along with deep breathing using the whole torso, followed by arm and leg movements. As we synchronized our breathing, we worked on our balance. It was a little challenging, and everyone stayed upright! How we are feeling affects our bodies. Sharing our thoughts through art can be healing. We looked through old postcards that displayed a variety of people...famous celebrities, old movie scenes, and people from around the world. The cards were great for generating discussions. The cards brought out many smiles and stories of how the week had been (some good, some not so good). Our task was to choose one postcard representing the past week, and another representing our hopes for the coming week(s). This was a truly impactful exercise!

One of the women from our After Reach program returned from an event where she was with like minded people and other survivors of human trafficking. She came away inspired as a survivor advocate.  She wrote a poem about her experience and included a line that expresses her conviction to her work. It alludes to “demanding freedom for those who are still being coerced.” Her book of poetry will be coming out soon.

During this program, we talked about things that we can do on a daily basis to add more fun and enjoyment into our lives and each other's lives. We began by drawing pictures of things that we loved to do when we were kids and then played a game of charades. Lots of laughter ensued as we tried to guess what each one was doing. Such a fun afternoon getting to know each other.

One of our bay area community partners, Teen and Parent Service Society, donated homemade lavender sachet pouches for our Georgia clients. The girls loved their gifts. Many thanks to Jenny and her team. The pictures below show our clients making thank you cards.

From left to right is how “Tonya” shared her drawing. The heart with the ribbon is the finish line and the 3 people are all the people rooting for me. In the middle, “I am stomping on my angry face.” She explained that she is in the process of overcoming frustration and anger. She then shared some stories of how she kindly handled some angering situations. On the right is the step ladder she needs to keep on keeping on. “Tonya” was able to hold and express so many aspects of her life in this one drawing.