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Nov 19, 2021
This interview was conducted with Lexi, an Adorned In Grace Bridal Shop volunteer, in the summer of 2021. Summer intern Genevieve Wolf asked the questions. How long have you been volunteering? And what brought you to the bridal shop? Lexi: So I actually started... ![Memoir of a Bridal Shop Volunteer]()
Oct 28, 2021
Interview & transcription by Rachel Murfitt, Compassion Youth Mentoring Coordinator. Here at Compassion Youth Mentoring, each one of the dozens of volunteers who have given their time to serve with us over the past ten years has a unique story. It is our... ![Memoir of a Bridal Shop Volunteer]()
Aug 27, 2021
Destiny spent her summer working at our Adorned In Grace Bridal Shop through the SummerWorks program. Her goal was to learn career skills and support the anti-trafficking mission, but what she didn’t count on was finding a support system of women who surrounded her... ![Memoir of a Bridal Shop Volunteer]()
May 13, 2021
Each one of the thousands of volunteers who have given their time to serve with us over the past fifteen years has a unique story. The motivation to get involved is different with every individual, but is sometimes a result of the person’s own powerful life story.... ![Memoir of a Bridal Shop Volunteer]()
Apr 29, 2021
Our youth mentoring work began in 2011 as a result of the unfortunate discovery that many of the sex trafficking survivors we served had mothers and even grandmothers who had been exploited, and they feared the same fate for their children. As an organization focused... ![Memoir of a Bridal Shop Volunteer]()
Jan 20, 2021
In 2019 one of our Oregon City Design Studio attendees, Elyejah, tragically died by suicide. Since then volunteer mentors have stayed close to his family, who are believers. On the first anniversary of Elyejah’s passing in December 2020 our volunteers and several... 