“Free Them” 5k gets a new name and continues fight against Human Trafficking with Shoreline run

Runners through the streets of Shoreline
support the fight against Human Trafficking
Photo courtesy World Concern

World Concern’s annual 5k run to fight human trafficking has a new name to go with the same great cause.

After eight years of the Free Them 5k, World Concern is aligning the run with the organization’s S.O.S. (Seek Out and Stop trafficking) Initiative, making this year’s event the S.O.S. 5k.

Attendees will join more than 1,500 passionate runners and walkers who will lace-up at World Concern’s headquarters in Shoreline on Saturday, May 13, to help raise awareness and funds to help stop human trafficking.

Human trafficking is estimated to be the third largest criminal activity in the world, and more than 80% of trafficking victims are women and young girls.

 
World Concern works to protect those vulnerable to modern-day slavery, sexual exploitation, and abuse in some of the poorest places in Southeast Asia and around the world.

S.O.S. 5k will be held Saturday, May 13, 2017, at World Concern HQ, CRISTA Ministries, 19303 Fremont Ave N, Shoreline 98133

More information about the S.O.S. 5k here

Registration is now open for this family event that raises awareness and funds to stop child trafficking and exploitation by seeking out vulnerable children and keeping them safe.

World Concern is a Christian global relief and development organization. With our supporters, our faith compels us to extend life-saving help and opportunity to people facing the most profound human challenges of extreme poverty. Our areas of expertise include disaster response, clean water, education, food security, child protection, microfinance and health.