{"id":145037,"date":"2025-09-09T22:33:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145037"},"modified":"2025-09-09T22:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:33:27","slug":"homeland-security-investigations-leader-to-address-sex-trafficking-at-blooms-3rd-annual-freedom-benefit-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145037","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security Investigations Leader to Address Sex Trafficking at Bloom\u2019s 3rd Annual Freedom Benefit Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bloom for Women, Inc.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will host its\u00a03rd Annual Freedom Benefit Dinner<\/strong>\u00a0to raise critical support for its mission of providing sanctuary, healing, and employment opportunities for survivors of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s keynote speaker is\u00a0Brent W. Morral<\/strong>, Resident Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Allentown, who oversees two regional human trafficking task forces in Lehigh and Northampton counties.<\/p>\n

The evening will also recognize the generosity of community partners, including<\/p>\n

Visionary Sponsors:<\/em>\u00a0In the Light Roofing, Oceana Health, Bill & Denise Spence, and The Topper Foundation<\/p>\n

Builder Sponsors:\u00a0<\/em>Lehigh Valley Health Network; Stark Financial; and Sharon & Roland Yoshida<\/p>\n

Sustainer Sponsors:<\/em>\u00a0Affiliated Financial Partners, LLC; Carol Gray; Jerdon Construction; and One Putt Ventures<\/p>\n

Partner Sponsors:<\/em>\u00a0Lauren & Austin Borrell; Brooks Development Group; Capital Blue Cross; Guardian Insurance; King Spry Herman Freund & Faul; Maureen O\u2019Meara & Bob Heisler; Miele Amusements; and WORD-FM<\/p>\n

Friend Sponsors:<\/em>\u00a0Kristina Barkey; Helen & R.K. Laros Foundation; and PNC Bank<\/p>\n

In-Kind Sponsors:<\/em>\u00a0Working Dog Press<\/p>\n

Bloom for Women, Inc. is a faith-based non-profit organization with the mission of providing sanctuary and a continuum of care to heal, empower and employ survivors of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.\u00a0<\/a>As part of its mission, Bloom offers emergency response, a two-year residential program, pregnant and parenting survivor services, and an independent living program in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Bloom offers direct-to-survivor outreach, community education and prevention services, including serving male, children and youth survivors. Bloom follows the model and is a sister community of the remarkably successful Thistle Farms Nashville program. Furthermore, the Bloom Creative Studio, located in Bangor, Pa., is a social enterprise to leverage art as a healing tool and provide employment opportunities for survivors. Bloom also has a women\u2019s charity boutique, My Sister\u2019s Closet, based in Bethlehem, Pa., providing curated, pre-loved clothing and accessories, as well as employment opportunities for survivors, community volunteer opportunities, and financial support for the organization.\u00a0To learn more about Bloom, visit\u00a0www.bloomforwomen.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Information provided to TVL by:
\nKaren Higgins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bloom for Women, Inc.\u00a0will host its\u00a03rd Annual Freedom Benefit Dinner\u00a0to raise critical support for its mission of providing sanctuary, healing, and employment opportunities for survivors of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in the Lehigh Valley. This year\u2019s keynote speaker is\u00a0Brent W. Morral, Resident Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Allentown, who oversees two … Continue reading Homeland Security Investigations Leader to Address Sex Trafficking at Bloom\u2019s 3rd Annual Freedom Benefit Dinner<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bloom-3rd.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/145038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}