Rescue Innocence

The Rescue Innocence Gala was held at the Club benefiting National Center on Sexual Exploitation and the new UAB hospital program for child survivors of sex trafficking in conjunction with the child and adolescent inpatient unit. Attendees enjoyed a silent auction, dinner, drinks and program featuring speakers: Dawn Hawkins, Vice President of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation; Dr. Katherin Freeman, Director of Child & Adolescent Inpatient Services UAB Hospital; and Dr. Yesie Yoon, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist Children’s Hospital. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation is over 50 years strong and is the foremost leader in collective efforts to combat all forms of sexual exploitation.  NCOSE is leading the charge by galvanizing a movement made up of anti-trafficking and anti-pornography leaders and activists from around the world.    Sponsors included Warren Averett, Southern CaseArts, Vulcan Materials Company, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Dr. Clark Thomas Pediatric Dentistry, Johnson Kreis, PlumCore, and Louis Allis.