Volunteers from the Campaign Against Human Trafficking (CAHT) delivered 30 rescue backpacks to the Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force at the St Petersburg police station this week. CAHT’s mission is to actively support the fight against human trafficking. Rescue backpacks are provided to the survivors of human trafficking, who very often are rescued with only the clothes on their backs. So far in 2023, 116 rescue backpacks were delivered. The total is 719 over the past 5 years. rescue backpacks have been delivered to the Human Trafficking Task Force and other organizations that provide safety and assistance to survivors.
Left to Right: Linda Bennington, Ceil Permenter, Ann Fenimore, Major Nathaly Patterson, and Detective Cerino. The picture was taken by CAHT’s Victim Services Chair, Bonnie Doll.