An 80's Flashback BINGO Fundraiser was held on Friday, October 9, 2015 at Lake Padgett East Estates, 4533 Savanah Way, Land o' Lakes, Florida 34639, and went on from 6:00pm - 10:00pm. There was Food, Drinks, Fun, Prizes, and BINGO! All proceeds went to benefit Martial Arts For Life Foundation.

Child sex-trafficking is a horrific crime that robs the innocence of its victims and causes significant physical, mental and emotional trauma. The average length of survival for a trapped child sex-trafficking victim is seven years.
Victims of minor sex-trafficking are typically kidnapped or have run away from home. Florida has approximately 30,000-40,000 teenage runaways and throwaways each year, some being abused by a family member or forced out of their homes. In the Tampa Bay area, 75 percent of trafficked children are runaways.

One out of three runaway teens will be lured by a sex-trafficker and forced to prostitute within 48 hours of being on her own, according to the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Throwaway Children (NISMART-2). Young runaways may be approached by a man, or sometimes a woman, who compliments them and offers a meal, a place to stay or a job.

Through physical force, fraud or coercion, the pimp then induces the victim to engage in commercial sex acts, such as prostitution, exotic dancing/stripping or pornography. They are forced to do this in hotel rooms, private residences, adult clubs, vehicles, and on the street. Some are sold abroad and some are brought into areas hosting large sporting events and conventions.

Each year the Tampa FBI rescues approximately 50 or more minor sex-trafficking victims. Sadly, there are no local rehabilitative facilities in which to place them. The girls are either placed in runaway shelters, domestic violence shelters or foster care, and with no rehabilitative treatment to help them heal, they are very likely to run away again, back to their pimps, due to trauma bonding.”