RESET Society of Calgary to hold annual book sale to help women, girls

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A Calgary-based group that helps girls and ladies flee sexual exploitation and trafficking is internet hosting its twentieth annual e book sale. Funds raised will help survivors rebuilding their lives.

RESET helps girls and ladies aged 16 and over, and infrequently kids are a part of the equation, mentioned Theresa Jenkins, government director of RESET Society of Calgary.

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The purpose of the e book sale this 12 months is to lift $150,000 that may go towards applications and companies, counselling and group courses.

“We get about 100,000 books donated, and we typically make $120,000 to $150,000 in the previous couple of years for the e book sale,” Jenkins mentioned. “We take any gently used books; we don’t take encyclopedias or textbooks, and we don’t take magazines.”

Roughly 75 to 80 girls, ladies and kids search refuge within the secure home in any given 12 months.

“They keep in that secure home for 30 days and so they get their fast wants taken care of — meals, shelter, clothes, medical care, well being,” Jenkins mentioned.

“Plenty of them don’t have anything.”

From there, a second stage in housing introduces purchasers to a one-year life-skills program, whereas concurrently engaged on therapeutic from trauma stemming from violence and being trafficked.

‘I need the absolute best life for my little one’

A 36-year-old graduate from the RESET program who shared her story with Postmedia referred to as the expertise “life-changing.”

“Being homeless as a 16-year-old, I believe I used to be a goal for predators,” she mentioned.

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She was first launched to the group at 20 years previous after which tried to dwell a “good life” on her personal.

“In fact, with out the proper helps and stuff, it’s simply not doable. So then I used to be bouncing round from metropolis to metropolis, looking for some stability.”

The younger lady returned to this system after she grew to become pregnant, and mentioned having a baby grew to become the catalyst for change.

“I need the absolute best life for my little one,” she mentioned. “I knew I wanted assist with life abilities, my psychological well being, all the pieces mainly.

“Everyone via RESET pushed me to be a greater individual and inspired me, was non-judgmental — with out the help, I undoubtedly wouldn’t have been in a position to do it alone.”

Ebook donation drop-offs start April 12 till April 21 at Crossroads Market (1235 twenty sixth Ave S.E.) from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.

Stuff-A-Trailer Day is April 13 at 1566 Northmount Dr. N.W. from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m.

The e book sale is slated for Could 2 to five and Could 10 to 12 at Crossroads Market. There’s a $2 entry price.

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