{"id":157,"date":"2012-08-02T15:30:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patiopads.com\/blog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:01:33","slug":"10k-to-aid-human-trafficking-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patiopads.com\/blog\/10k-to-aid-human-trafficking-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"$10k to Aid Human Trafficking Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-158\" src=\"https:\/\/patiopads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope.jpg\" alt=\"presenting check\" width=\"350\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patiopads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope.jpg 350w, https:\/\/patiopads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hope-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Furniture Today Staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bedding retailer Mattress Direct recently presented a $10,000 check to the Hope House of Louisiana, a 32-acre campus in Livingston Parish that is designed to provide long-term safe housing for the rehabilitation of human trafficking victims.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations ran a Facebook campaign, enlisting its fans to recruit new \u201clikes\u201d for the Mattress Direct, Trafficking Hope or Hope House pages, donating $10 for each one. Response was strong, and in days the goal of $10,000 was met, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The check will pay for new mattresses for the campus of seven cottages, which each house two residents, and the Hope House onsite staff quarters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to partner with the Hope House on such a great cause,\u201d said Lee Burns, president of Mattress Direct. \u201cThis money will help provide brand new, high-quality mattresses for these girls as they work to rebuild their lives. After all they have been through, we wanted to be able to help provide the best environment possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burns and his business partner, Ty Hingle, presented a check for $10,000 to the founders of Trafficking Hope and the Hope House, Lee and Laura Domingue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLee and I have been blown away at the outpouring of support from everyone,\u201d said Laura Domingue. \u201cFrom local business to local churches to the enormous number of volunteer man-hours, we can literally say that the Hope House can open in January 2013 only because of all their help. 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