Christine Holub, board member, shares the story of how she became involved with Hope Ranch.

My name is Christine, and I became a member of the board early last summer after working with some of the women, going through Mending the Soul and joining the Task Force. I’d like to take this opportunity to share a little bit about what has brought me to working with Hope Ranch Ministries and the impact it has had on my life.

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Welcome to our new website!

Hope Ranch has been an active force in Eugene and Springfield for three years already, but we wanted to make it even easier for everyone in the community to learn about what we do and get involved.

Though momentum is growing around the problem of sex trafficking, it is still largely a hidden tragedy, so one goal of our site is education (see Resources for educational materials and Media for local news coverage). Another goal is to help everyone find their niche in the fight against local trafficking (from painting to mentoring, there are lots of things you can do to volunteer). To connect with Hope Ranch in person, come join us at any of our upcoming events. Thanks for checking out the site, and come back often for more news and events.

Looking for an overview of the problem of trafficking in our county? In fall of 2012, Diana Janz (Hope Ranch Ministries founder) spoke with Maria Anderson of Eugene Daily News.

In her article ("The Price of a Life: Human Trafficking in Lane County"), Maria Anderson collects important information about how lucrative sex trafficking is for pimps and points out that this is a problem of demand. Her article gives us a sober reminder that we need to stand beside women in their time of need--they are approached for prostitution within 48 hours of being on the streets.

We need your help to change this community: to drive down demand for the purchase of sex, to alleviate the pressures that drive people into prostitution, to ease the paths to redemption and safety. 

On April 20, 2014, the Register Guard published Regan Shattuck-Smallwood's story of how she got into and out of sex trafficking. This courageous teenager’s willingness to be open has helped put the pimp who trafficked her in jail, and it also sheds light on how trafficking can happen in Eugene.