Page 9 - Martin Downs Bulletin - August '24

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Community news

CTWH Is Forging Important SART is the first team to respond
Partnerships In The to sexual assault cases. It exists so
that no survivor of sexual violence
Community residing on the Treasure Coast or in
Okeechobee must go through a crisis
alone, regardless of age, circumstances
By Jackie Holfelder or their decision whether to involve law
It’s been an active several months for Catch the Wave enforcement. The group is comprised
of Hope (CTWH) as the nonprofit continues to forge of trained advocates, counselors and
important relationships and collaborations in its mission to administrators and all communications
prevent the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children with staff are confidential.
through awareness and education, while providing CTWH is also now part of DCF’s
restoration to survivors. (Department of Children and Families) Sex/
CTWH has joined the SART team (Sexual Assault Labor Trafficking MDT (Multidisciplinary
Response Team) on the Treasure Coast, a part of the Team). Sarah Marie Henry, executive
Sexual Assault Assistance Program of the Treasure Coast. director of the 501(c)(3), attends meetings Board members of Human Trafficking Coalition of the Treasure Coast and
This team includes victim advocates and other experts in at which all parties come together to Okeechobee: Ali Hernandez, Mindi Fetterman, Karissa Bolden, Terry Burke,
the field. discuss services, resources and plans of Carol Rodriguez, Libby Snider and Sarah Marie Henry
Photo provided by Catch the Wave of Hope

actions to assist children affected by human trafficking.
Participants include DCF staff, investigators, case managers,
therapists, Guardians ad Litem and other related resources.
Catch the Wave of Hope recently completed certified
facilitator training in the Monique Burr Foundation’s
“Child and Teen Safety Matters,” which is Florida Board
of Education-approved for schools and meets the state’s
mandate for child trafficking prevention education for
students grades K through 12.
And, importantly, CTWH is partnering with the
Human Trafficking Coalition of the Treasure Coast and
Okeechobee, Circuit 19, to launch a resource listserv
for both adult and child survivors of human trafficking.
This listserv is an email-based resource that will be
used to better identify survivor needs and continue to
grow and strengthen partnership between agencies,
law enforcement, FBI, victim advocates, mental health
therapists, attorneys and many more parties working in
the community to meet needs of trafficking survivors.
Catch the Wave of Hope collaborates with other service
providers to prevent the duplication of services and to
fill gaps in services that are not currently available to
survivors. We take a trauma-informed, survivor-centered
approach to everything that we do, and we build our
organization based on feedback from the community and
those we serve.
To learn more, visit www.catchthewaveofhope.org.

Book Review from page 8

set out for California after their graduation in May 1922,
taking on farm work to pay their way cross country. The
description of that trip includes instructions on how to
drive that Model T.
Charlie volunteered and served in the U.S. Army Air
Force. When anesthesia was discovered as a way to ease
patients’ suffering, he was trained in its application and
became one of the military’s leading anesthesiologists,
training many others under his command.
Charlie was married more than once. Life was not
always ideal. In his final years he was interviewed many
times by the media and asked about his philosophy of
life. “I haven’t given it much thought,” he would reply,
except to add that his mother’s advice to “Do the right
thing” covers a lot of situations. But among the items
Charlie’s family found when he was gone was a single
sheet of notepaper on which he had written a list of
15 definitive rules that serve perfectly as a guide to a
successful life.
I will list only five here and urge you to read this book
to get the full terrific story…and the other ten secrets
you will want to know of Charlie’s well-lived life:
Savor special moments.
Cry when you need to.
Feel Deeply.
Take a chance.
Enjoy wonder.

See answer in this paper.