Valentines Day for ladies who could use some love

We try to always provide people, particularly artists, to get involved in the community and make a tangible difference in the world around them. 

The living room area at Dawn's Place

This Valentine's Day, we're putting together handmade valentines for the ladies at a shelter in Philadelphia called Dawn's Place.  It's a haven for women rescued from human trafficking, and I can speak from personal experience that this house is a fantastic place.  The staff and volunteers, including a few ASW friends and artists, are completely committed to loving on these women, and providing them with the tools they need to rebuild their lives.

Photography created for the cards for the ladies
of Dawn' Place from LuRey Photography

Whether you are a professional artist, or simply someone who likes to do simple arts and crafts - we welcome you to create a handmade valentine of your own to send to the ladies at Dawn's Place.  We'll be putting together gifts for the women who are currently staying there and taking them over on Valentine's day. 

You can either email us at info@arttosavetheworld.com so that we can meet up and receive your valentine, or you can mail it directly to them at the PO box listed on their website. 

As always, thank you for your support of Art to Save the World, and we hope to work with you to make the world (especially Philadelphia!) a better place!

Mo

Founder of Art to Save the World

Find out more about Dawn's Place here:

http://www.ahomefordawn.org/

If you're interested in the topic of human trafficking and are looking to get involved in the fight against us, here's a few ways to get started:

• Email us at info@arttosavetheworld.com, and we'll hook you up to volunteer at Dawn's place.  We regularly visit the house, and are working on putting together small art workshops for them.  If you aren't an artist, you can always just sign up to go and hang out with the women - they always need volunteers!
• Visit the Polaris Project at http://polarisproject.org/ . This website will let you know all you need to know about this tragic phenomenon, and gives you several ways to help
• Join the Stop Modern Slavery group in Philadelphia at http://www.meetup.com/StopModernSlavery/  This group meets monthly to talk about the important issues related to human trafficking, and organizes awareness events.