Press Releases

October 17, 2023

ABC27: CAMP HILL COFFEE SHOP TO EMPLOY SEX TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS

Article from ABC 27

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. – A local nonprofit organization is opening a coffee shop that will employ area sex trafficking survivors.
“I never thought I’d be where I’m at right now. Like, I never thought that I would be you know, on my way to independence and being able to have a job and buy a car. And, you know, work towards getting my own place, it gets better,” said a survivor.


October 4, 2023

WGAL8: COFFEE SHOP TO EMPLOY SEX TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS

WGAL article on new coffee shop

CAMP HILL, Pa. — A new coffee shop is being built in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, but with a twist.
What used to be a hair salon will now be a coffee shop that will employ survivors of sex trafficking.
The organization that is helping put this together is trying to transform this building into a welcoming space for all to gather and listen.


January 2023

FOX43: COVERAGE OF CANDLELIGHT PRAYER VIGIL FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH

Video from FOX43 news coverage

November 21, 2022

CBS 21: COFFEE SHOP IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY DESIGNED TO HELP HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS

Article from CBS 21

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A coffee and soap shop will soon open in Cumberland County, designed to get human trafficking victims back on their feet.
“We are standing in the future home of Ruby Coffee & Co.,” Peace Promise Director of Development Rachel Beatty said.


August 21, 2022

FOX43: BUSINESS TO HELP TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS

Fox 43 article

CAMP HILL, Pa. — New employment opportunities will be available to survivors of sex trafficking this fall and in the coming year.
Harrisburg area nonprofit Peace Promise is working to open two businesses that will employ victims: Soaps by Survivors and Ruby Coffee + Co.