GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB President Annette Bellingar and member Diana Kelly attended the recent Human Trafficking Volunteer Day at Grace Family Church in Lutz. This very informative day-long One Team Tampa Bay event was attended by hundreds of volunteers with speakers and representatives from many organizations bringing awareness to this very serious problem. There were training sessions on recognizing this sad situation in our own backyards and some heartbreaking first-hand accounts from victims. This event was planned prior to the Super Bowl as it historically has been an opportunity for the traffickers to market their victims who are often underage children. Informational brochures were given to attendees to distribute to their local convenient stores, etc. to alert workers to suspicious activities with contact phone numbers were provided.
