About Bringing our Valley HOPE

Who we are...

Bringing our Valley HOPE (formerly BV HOPE) was launched in 2014 because of the increasing danger of human trafficking in the United States. We now educate Chaffee County, Colorado citizens to help prevent trafficking in our communities. Our efforts are mainly concentrated on school-aged children. We also work with adults, parents, grandparents, teachers, first responders, department of human services, hotels and the medical community. Recently we have expanded these efforts to other nearby communities.

We welcome new volunteers! You can choose one of the many ways to help.

What we do...

Educate students to help them understand how to stay safe and the importance of digital safety.
Train first responders, educators and medical community
Bringing our Valley HOPE booth at local festivals in Chaffee County, CO
Sell handmade goods made by survivors with 100% of the sales going directly to the maker
Pack HOPE bags for rescued survivors in partnership with Reclaiming Hope in Colorado Springs
Bringing our Valley HOPE booth at Knights of Columbus breakfast in Buena Vista and Salida, CO
Human Trafficking 101 training offered free several times a year

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters

to create many ripples."

~Mother Teresa~

We at Bringing our Valley Hope keep this quote in mind because our vision of eliminating human trafficking in central Colorado seems like an impossible goal.

Each one of us can do our small part to make a big difference

in the lives of someone!

Many Faces of Human Trafficking

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS...

modern day slavery.
exploiting a person through force, fraud or coercion.
sex trafficking, forced labor, and domestic servitude.

happening everywhere, even in the United States, and victims can be U.S. citizens or of any nationality, age, socioeconomic status, or gender
any person under the age of 18 involved in a commercial sex act.

Photos courtesy of PolarisProject.org