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RITOTW - Laundry Love

The story of every Laundry Love began with one relationship to a homeless gentleman living in Ventura Ca who was known as T-Bone. It was from their desire to live life with T-Bone that the question was asked, “how can we come alongside your life”? In which he answered, “if I had clean clothes I wonder/think people would treat me as a human being”. Every single Laundry Love effort around the U.S. is attached to this man, his words, his story, his life, are not uncommon to many others. Their creative and collective energy in sustaining and expanding this idea remind us that every human being has tremendous worth, and when we share life with another human being that life could spark an idea that ends up caring for thousands. T-Bone was that founding spark.

  Laundry Love, (LL), is an initiative in partnership with diverse individuals and groups throughout the U.S. In collaboration with local Laundromats the LL initiative helps to wash the clothes and bedding of the individual and/or family living in poverty. The typical guest/friend to LL is either homeless, living in vehicles, dwelling in weekly/monthly rated motels or low-income apartments and/or transitional shelters, undocumented workers and immigrant families. The LL initiative goes beyond clean clothing, LL seeks to nurture the health, hygiene, economic and relational well being of each person.

RITOTW - Rescue Freedom

Rescue:Freedom’s story began 17 years ago in Mumbai, India when founders, David and Beth Grant, partnered with K.K Devaraj and team members from Bombay Teen Challenge to rescue children suffering in sexual slavery. In 1997, they launched their first aftercare safe house, where rescued children could experience hope and healing. Motivated by a deep conviction that everyone is created with inherent dignity, and a belief that Jesus calls us to be committed to compassion, restoration, and redemption, they began a journey that would change thousands of lives forever.

David and Beth launched a church-based initiative called Project Rescue in order to mobilize support for their work. With that support in place, they soon expanded to Nepal, Bangladesh, and Moldova.

In 2012, with a continually growing awareness of human trafficking issues worldwide, David and Beth transformed Project Rescue International into a fully-operational organization that could build support across the U.S., and facilitate expansion around the world. Together with a passionate board of directors, they hired the first full-time president, changed the name of the organization to Rescue:Freedom International, and opened a headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

At first glance, Rescue:Freedom International is a new organization, but their story is much older than their name. Simply put, it’s a new name and a new infrastructure built around one of the longest-running and most established anti-trafficking efforts in the world.

RITOTW - feedONE

feedONE is a passionate, creative community dedicated to eradicating hunger one person at a time.

  feedOne is about connecting your community with hungry children all around the world. You start by giving up the cost of a pizza each month and sending the money to where it is needed the most. 100% of your donation goes directly to feed children through Convoy of Hope.

  Every child in a feedOne approved feeding initiative receives so much more than food. Children are fed through schools and orphanages committed to the complete holistic development of a child – changing a generation.

  feedOne believe the next generation of leaders represent the greatest opportunity for progress in the history of mankind. They are more connected, more compassionate, and more creative than any generation in history. They believe if this generation is unleashed to solve the world's great challenges, they will produce a whole new world. The world is rich with complex problems ranging from conflict to disease, and the way forward is not always clear. However, they believe when it comes to one of mankind's most fundamental needs, the solution is clear; let's all just feedOne other person.

RITOTW - Prosperity Candle

Prosperity Candle seeks to inspire you through light, beauty and purpose. Their candles feature unique designs, luxurious fragrances, and stories that brighten heart and soul. Their vision is a world in which all women have the opportunity to truly thrive. Every candle is handmade with the finest ingredients by a woman artisan building a brighter future for herself and her family. Creating a better world . . . one candle, one woman, one community at a time.

  Every Prosperity candle is artfully handmade by women artisans. The artisans behind their ethically made candles are building brighter futures for themselves and their families in western Massachusetts after years in refugee camps.

Every candle purchased helps provide a living wage for the women of Prosperity Candle. A journey from hopelessness to opportunity, from refugee to entrepreneur. From simply surviving to truly thriving.

Prosperity Candle continues to create opportunities for women refugees in the U.S., and support women's entrepreneurship in places like Haiti. They have seen how one candle can brighten the lives of many.

RITOTW - Visible Clothing

The desire of Visible Clothing is to bring a variety of clothing products to market so that people can fill their wardrobes with clothes that they know have been made fairly. They are putting the necessary systems in place and developing key supplier relationships to make this a reality.

  They have chosen to be visible about the people, costs, and impact, as without complete visibility it is difficult for you - the customer - to decide whether or not the clothing sector is being responsible at each stage of the production process. It's too easy to ignore the rights of the individuals who made our clothes because we don't know who they are. With even the smallest detail about the person who makes the clothing we wear, our mind-set can begin to change, and that person can begin to transition from an invisible cog in the machine to an actual, visible human deserving of our respect, dignity, and fair treatment.

RITOTW - Time To Change

Mental health problems are common - but nearly nine out of ten people who experience them say they face stigma and discrimination as a result. This can be even worse than the symptoms themselves. Led by Mind & Rethink Mental Illness, Time to Change is England's biggest programme to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination.

  Their aim is to start a conversation… or hopefully thousands of conversations to empower people with mental health problems to feel confident talking about the issue without facing discrimination. And they want the three quarters of the population who know someone with a mental health problem to talk about it too.

Something More are twenty-something Christians striving to impact the world around them

Their purpose is to present to a generation the Man that changed everything, an organisation that engages with the culture they live in whilst seeking to reveal that there is something more.

It is their mission to create a united community, passionate about change, that strives to strip back preconceptions and to present Jesus as He actually is. They want to engage their generation in a deeper conversation about faith, challenging world views and causing people to see God outside the box He's been placed in.

Through relationship and love, the world was changed

Word of mouth is, and always has been, the most powerful way to share a message

Something More exists, in part, as a rallying point, striving to be more than just a Branding Agency, Clothing Company, Design Firm, Lifestyle Brand, Media Production Company and Online Magazine. They are people with a message that they are passionate about sharing, and in every platform that presents this message they seek to pursue and showcase excellence.

RITOTW - Railway Children

Railway Children believe in a world where no child ever has to live alone on the streets. They work in India, East Africa and the UK

  Railway Children fights for vulnerable children who live alone at risk on the streets, where they suffer abuse and exploitation. In the UK, society often denies their existence, and in other countries the problem is so prevalent that it has become ‘normal’. They run away or are forced to leave homes where they suffer poverty, violence, abuse and neglect. They find themselves living on the streets because there is nowhere else to go and no one left to turn to. The problems they face on the streets are often even worse than those they endured at home. Railway Children race to reach children as soon as they arrive on the streets and intervene before an abuser can. Their pioneering work enables them to get to street children before the streets get to them.