Layne Thompson

“The recovery and rehabilitation of these survivors is so individualistic, when you think about more than 50 women and men having been helped through the programs that we offer, each story is a miracle.

At Dahlia’s Hope, we believe each individual is a child of God, has worth that is eternal and endless and deserves that kind of attention and respect. You can't assume that just because someone has been sex trafficked, they have to start at A, then go to B, then go to C. We don’t just plug them into a system that turns them out. You have to see where they are, and that's why we have such highly qualified professionals.

The founders of our country knew we were endowed with certain inalienable rights from our Creator. We feel that we’re stewards, finding every way we can to improve care and provide more care. To provide better therapy, in every way, because each person is an individual who has that freedom. And as we come upon the Fourth of July, this is everything that I can imagine our founding fathers of this great country could imagine.

What comes from our programs is the ability to provide for yourself, which in turn brings confidence that brings self actualization. It brings the realization that you don't have to be dependent emotionally, physically, temporarily, or spiritually on someone else. Every person has the power to be independent.

When a survivor graduates, they are fully capable of helping their sisters and brothers who have gone through trafficking to heal as well. It is a phenomenal turnaround, when they go from being a victim through no fault of their own, to turning out to being powerful.

We are all individuals with God-given rights. But we also rely on each other from a relationship standpoint, and Dahlias Hope helps bridge that gap in a very specific and special way.

To paraphrase the Statue of Liberty, ‘Bring me your tired, you're hungry and poor.’ This is what we're here to do, what we will do, and what we are doing. I can't think of a more important thing we could be doing to magnify the well-deserved freedom of every individual than what we do at Dahlia’s Hope.”

Layne Thompson

Chairman of the Board, Dahlia’s Hope

Orem, Utah