{"id":129944,"date":"2024-04-30T20:10:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=129944"},"modified":"2024-04-30T20:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:10:30","slug":"bloom-for-women-to-hold-3rd-annual-golf-outing-fundraiser-to-support-women-survivors-of-sex-trafficking-and-exploitation-in-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=129944","title":{"rendered":"Bloom for Women to Hold 3rd Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser  to Support Women Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Exploitation in the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><u><a id=\"m_-3403652898010692233OWAe5b42d00-608a-c0c8-b418-37740d8d4eb9\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomforwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.bloomforwomen.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1714606564676000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2QhrJDKeaj-zr0DcvIsp-F\">Bloom for Women, Inc.<\/a><\/u><\/b>\u00a0is holding its 3<sup>rd\u00a0<\/sup>Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser to help support its mission of providing sanctuary and a continuum of care to heal, empower and employ women survivors of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in the Lehigh Valley. Jane Brooks of Highmark Blue Shield and Richard Brooks of Brooks Development Group are the Honorary Chairs and Chris Brandt of Service Electric Network, is the Committee Chair for the event.<\/p>\n<p>The event sponsors include:<\/p>\n<p><i>Presenting Sponsors:<\/i>\u00a0Highmark Blue Shield and In the Light Roofing<\/p>\n<p><i>Champion Sponsors:\u00a0<\/i>First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union, Lehigh Gas Foundation, Service Electric Network and WIN Nutrition<\/p>\n<p><i>Luncheon &amp; Beverage Sponsor:<\/i>\u00a0Affiliated Financial Partners, LLC<\/p>\n<p><i>Supporting Sponsors:<\/i>\u00a0Carol Gray, Skepton Construction, St. Luke\u2019s Sports Medicine, Star Buick GMC, and Stark Financial Group<\/p>\n<p><i>Putting Contest Sponsor:<\/i>\u00a0Julie Knight of Janney Montgomery Scott<\/p>\n<p><i>Beverage Hole: Aardvark Sports Shop<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>On-Course Beverage Sponsors:<\/i>\u00a0Fitzpatrick, Lentz &amp; Bubba, P.C. and Social T Marketing<\/p>\n<p><i>Hole Sponsors:<\/i>\u00a0Jessica Armstrong &amp; Roger Roberts; Steve &amp; Carol Andersen; DeWire Dental; Gross McGinley, LLC; K. Hovnanian Homes; Langan Engineering &amp; Environmental Services; Lehigh Valley Health Network; Tomko Dental Associates; Grey Warner &amp; Lisa Meehan<\/p>\n<p>Bloom for Women, Inc.<u>\u00a0is a faith-based non-profit organization with the mission of providing sanctuary and a continuum of care to heal, empower and employ women survivors of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. As part of its mission, Bloom offers emergency response, a two-year residential program, pregnant survivor services, and an independent living program in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. Bloom follows the model and is a sister community of the remarkably successful Thistle Farms Nashville program. In addition, the Bloom Creative Studio, located in Bangor, Pa., is a social enterprise to leverage art as a healing tool and provide employment opportunities to survivors. Bloom also has a women\u2019s upscale, resale boutique, My Sister\u2019s Closet, based in Bethlehem, Pa., providing employment opportunities for survivors, community volunteer opportunities, and financial support for the organization. To learn more about Bloom, visit\u00a0<\/u><b><u><a id=\"m_-3403652898010692233OWAcb2dcb7f-1c4c-bdb4-35a9-35f697066e4a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomforwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.bloomforwomen.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1714606564676000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2QhrJDKeaj-zr0DcvIsp-F\">www.bloomforwomen.org<\/a><\/u><\/b><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Monday, May 6, 2024<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">7:30 a.m. registration\/continental breakfast; 9:00 a.m. start<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Brookside Country Club<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">901 Willow Lane, Macungie, PA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\n&#8211;ts Brand Elevation<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.tsbrandelevation.com\/<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloom for Women, Inc.\u00a0is holding its 3rd\u00a0Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser to help support its mission of providing sanctuary and a continuum of care to heal, empower and employ women survivors &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=129944\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bloom for Women to Hold 3rd Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser  to Support Women Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Exploitation in the Lehigh Valley<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bloom-golf.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/129885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}