Restore Corps

Looking for meaningful Summer fun? All year around, Restore Corps is intentional about creating positive & memorable experiences for survivors. During summer months we have a unique approach and we need your help. Sign up to learn more about specific summer opportunities and participate in a long awaited, So you're interested in volunteering session: www.restorecorps.org/volunteer/

"Oh yes! We partner with Restore Corps a lot too!" a message that was repeated countless times, at The Community Resources And Family Fun Day Out event, this past Saturday. It was great seeing our fellow nonprofit partners/peers, while helping the residents near the Renaissance Pocket Park and , understand the community resources that are available to them. Shout out to The Works, Inc. for hosting and coordinating the event, it is always fun to collab with old friends!

Thank you, Rhodes College for inviting us to The Employee Appreciation Lunch. Last semester, we hosted Jordan Fredrickson, a phenomenal intern who was honored with the Francis and Edwyna Hickman award for her research on the reintegration of child s*x trafficking victims. Advocacy can be a difficult art master, so it was quite heartwarming to see our future leaders' passion on the fight against .

Thank you to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing for hosting the Step up Conference. Our very own Rachel Haaga delivered a compelling presentation highlighting the importance of collaboration with medical professionals within the anti-human trafficking efforts. We are grateful for every opportunity to connect with helping professionals willing to become partners in prevention.

Time goes by fast when you are having fun! We can't believe our presentation at Ripley United Methodist Church was more than a week ago, already! These ladies were vibrant and engaging. We appreciate their willingness to link arms with us & look forward to more collaboration in the future.

We’d like to introduce you to one of our newer team members Nicole. She serves as our Intake Coordinator, a role created to increase efficiency with crisis intervention. Nicole does an amazing job connecting with survivors who reach out through our 24hour hotline. Her role requires her to remain calm, actively listen, assess and respond intentionally. Join us as we continue to welcome her into the Restore Corps family.

We are so happy to have Alyssa as our Residential Advocate. She walks alongside survivors to develop necessary skills to reach their goals. People ask us what success looks like for the survivors we serve? It's when they increase sustainability and decrease vulnerabilities! Alyssa, we thank you for your heart for this work!

Welcome aboard, Keila, our survivor Care Advocate! Keila, will work with survivors to ensure they receive the resources they need. We are so happy to have Keila on the team and being a advocate for this cause!

If you want a great way to close out Women’s history month, meet us Dory-Restaurant for the Women We Love-Music & Market!!

You’ll get LIVE MUSIC, amazing women owned businesses serving as vendors, & delicious FOOD, benefitting Restore Corps!

All ages welcome, Today from 4pm to 7pm at Dory, 716 W. Brookhaven Circle.

To our incredible Social workers: We celebrate your intention and impact every month, but for Social Work Appreciation month we want to give you flowers ! 💐

isn’t just a career, It’s a way of life! Each of the ladies pictured brings a deep passion, creativity, and level of competence for trauma informed care that is unmatched. We appreciate their tireless efforts to uplift our community and the mission of Restore Corps. Help us show our appreciation by dropping a flower in the comments

Continuing the theme of celebrating "HerStory". This Saturday, our very own Coasy Hale, plans to share her knowledge & expertise alongside other phenomenal female leaders, at the First Baptist Church Broad!

We can't imagine fighting human trafficking, without wonderful advocates like our very own Rashidah Gardner . Dedicating her time to bringing awareness and engaging in the community. This Saturday, she plans to spend some much needed time speaking life into our future leaders during the youth breakout session at the First Baptist Church Broad! Register here... https://fbcbroad.org/calendar?sapurl=Lyt4dmNnL2xiL2V2Lyt2eDhmaDh6P2JyYW5kaW5nPXRydWUmZW1iZWQ9dHJ1ZSZyZWNlbnRSb3V0ZT1hcHAud2ViLWFwcC5saWJyYXJ5LmNhbGVuZGFyJnJlY2VudFJvdXRlU2x1Zz0lMkJrdzI1OHQ0

"Go with God"
A familiar expression if you know and love Rachel Haaga our co-founder & CEO. Rachel answered the call to anti-trafficking work over 10 years ago, and her commitment to improving the quality of service provision to survivors, education & awareness, & policy and system change has never wavered. Rachel leads with an open heart and is a passionate advocate for the cause especially as it relates to her hometown Memphis. We celebrate Rachel for making history not only as the lead visionary of Restore Corps, but for being an intentional leader showing us that HerStory is still being written.

Restore Corps serves survivors who are resilient , tenacious, & powerful beyond belief. We believe it is important to share the milestones achieved, but we must not forget to celebrate the journey. Those invisible achievements that often are overlooked by the traditional standard of accomplishments , are worthy of celebrating and acknowledging.

Celebrating women's history is not just a one day or one month event. As a society, we need to continue to strive to ensure equality not specialty for women. That means to acknowledge the contributions through our actions and through our attitude.
As women, we honor those pioneers not just through graphics and empty words, but rather aim to do our very best on the things we believe.
As a content writer for Corps, an outsider looking in, I believe the Corps team is the best example of excellent female leadership, collaboration and empowerment. A team that has each other's back and fights for the survivors each and every day.

Tennessee Businesses can now join a brand new program through
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s office that will provide training and educational
resources to empower them to identify and report signs of human trafficking. Register today to
join Tennessee Businesses Against Trafficking by clicking here: https://tbat.tnsos.gov/
Help us get the word out to local business owners and encourage them to join us in the fight to
end exploitation across !