Effingham, IL -(Effingham Radio)- The Effingham County Medical Society and HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital will be hosting a public information session on the topic of Human Trafficking, on Thursday, Feb. 27, at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital’s Auditorium, 503 North Maple Street, Effingham. The session is intended to increase public awareness of the growing issue of human trafficking extending across the nation.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event will begin at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. This seminar will particularly benefit members of the clergy and educator as the materials will be focused on helping these groups identify victims of trafficking and how to help them. The information to be shared is explicit in nature and could be disturbing to those under age 16.
Presenters at the informational session will include Nikki Quandt, Executive Director of Heartland Human Services, and Annie Shoemaker, Director of Eden’s Glory, a restoration home for survivors of human trafficking.
Those wishing to attend are encouraged to RSVP by contacting Ashley Dillingham, HSHS St. Anthony’s Manager of Case Management, Guest Services and Behavioral Health Services, by emailing Ashley.Dillingham@hshs.org or calling 217-347-1871.
For more information about HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, visit the hospital’s website at stanthonyshospital.org.
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Hospital Sisters Health System’s (HSHS) mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high quality, Franciscan health care ministry. HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our 15 Local Systems and physician practices in Illinois (Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Greenville, Highland, Litchfield, O’Fallon, Shelbyville, and Springfield) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan, and two in Green Bay). HSHS is sponsored by Hospital Sisters Ministries, and Hospital Sisters of St. Francis is the founding institute. For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org. For more information about Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, visit www.hospitalsisters.org.