Akron Life December 2022

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Families Against Fentanyl

County Juvenile Court’s human trafficking docket to help human trafficking survivors and at-risk youths, a safe house for human trafficking survivors and the Oaks, which is a transi tional housing and mentorship program for human trafficking survivors. Volunteers reach out to women to prevent or help them escape human trafficking and visit incarcerated women in jail or become pen pals to provide support. Canton, rahab ministries.org Whitehawk Ranch Lifelong equestrian, certified life coach and certified recovery coach Rachel Whitehawk offers programs that involve horses to empower women and girls to overcome negative thought pat terns, reduce stress and improve

self-esteem. Your Impact: Giving helps make its programs possible for at-risk teen girls as well as those at homeless shelters, where Whitehawk also helps with employment readiness and life skills. Copley, whitehawkranch.info Whole Latte Love Cafe Only 17.9 percent of people with disabilities were employed in 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So Whole Latte Love Cafe hires high school graduates with intellectual or developmental disabilities to work at the regis ter, serve drinks and more. Your Impact: Offer employment opportunities to those with dis abilities. North Canton, whole lattelovecafe.org

Through the grief of losing his son, Thomas, to fentanyl, Jim Rauh started this nonprofit to raise awareness, do research and lobby those in Washington, D.C., to take action on the fentanyl epidemic, which kills about 187 Americans daily. Your Impact: Head to the Network for Good website to direct donations toward Families Against Fentanyl Co. and help get federal and state legislation passed, provide awareness and hold foreign manufacturers accountable. Akron-based, familiesagainst fentanyl.org Let’s Grow Akron With a sack of donated potatoes and the willingness to work

Ashlie’s Embrace After giving birth to a still born daughter, Ashlie, at 41 weeks, Erin Maroon and her husband didn’t get to connect much with their baby due to a lack of cooling units. As the founder and president of Ashlie’s Embrace, she began raising money to place Cuddle Cot cooling units in hospitals in all 50 states to help support families experiencing stillbirth or infant loss — but so many more are needed. Your Impact: Get Cuddle Cots placed in more hospitals and support fundraising efforts. North Canton, ashliesembrace.org

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