The Rescue Run
Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 8 am at Terry Trueblood Reserve Area in Iowa City
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Rescue Run 2013
Registration is now open for The Rescue Run 2013!
https://endurancecui.active.com/event-reg/select-race?e=4809754
What? 5K run/walk to benefit Rapha House.
When? Saturday, September 14 2013
Where? Terry Trueblood Recreation Area, Iowa City IA
Why? All money will go to benefit the building of a Rapha House safe house for children with special needs who have been sexually abused and trafficked.
TONIGHT at the IC public library there will be a special showing of Baht, a Rapha House documentary. All attendees will be given a special $10 off coupon for the run!
https://endurancecui.active.com/event-reg/select-race?e=4809754
What? 5K run/walk to benefit Rapha House.
When? Saturday, September 14 2013
Where? Terry Trueblood Recreation Area, Iowa City IA
Why? All money will go to benefit the building of a Rapha House safe house for children with special needs who have been sexually abused and trafficked.
TONIGHT at the IC public library there will be a special showing of Baht, a Rapha House documentary. All attendees will be given a special $10 off coupon for the run!
Monday, October 22, 2012
THANK YOU!!!
The Rescue Run was a huge success, raising $9,000 and counting for Rapha House.
Thanks to everyone who contributed, including our sponsors and our runners. Please stay tuned for more information including a finalized total amount that was raised and other information.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Help Rapha House help girls and women hurt by trafficking
Area runners
and walkers can help save girls and women victimized by sex trafficking by
taking part in the RESCUE RUN 5K run/walk on October 13 at the Terry Trueblood
Reserve Area by Sand Lake in Iowa City.
The Rescue Run
seeks to unite people, organizations and businesses toward the common cause of
ending human trafficking. According to the United Nations, about 2.5 million
people from 127 countries are in some form of forced servitude, including
sexual exploitation.
Helping to
combat that is Rapha House, a Christian organization that seeks to love and
help girls and women who have been victimized by the sex trafficking trade in
Southeast Asia, the United States, and soon, Haiti.
“They seek to
‘love, rescue, and heal’ women and children affected by sex trafficking,” said
Lillian Meyers, the head organizer of the Rescue Run who has worked with Rapha
House. “Their safe houses are equipped with counselors, social workers, and
educators to provide these young women with the possibility of a very bright
future. For many of these victims, it is the first time they have had a purpose
and been loved by parent figures.”
It costs $30
per month to sponsor a child through Rapha House, whose name comes from the
Hebrew word for “healing.” Children and women who have been victimized are
helped through the organization by being provided a place to live, receiving an
education and learning a trade away from the sex industry.
The cost for
pre-registration for the run at the Terry Trueblood Reserve Area, 4213 SE Sand
Road in Iowa City, is $30 per runner, with all proceeds benefiting Rapha House
and their efforts to end human trafficking in Iowa, the United States and
beyond. The cost includes a T-shirt, with prizes given to the top runners.
Pre-registration is closed now, but you can still register the day of the race Saturday, Oct. 13, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. T-shirts will be available for sale for $10 each (payable by cash or check) to those who register the day of the race while supplies last. For more information or if you have questions, please email us.
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