We have an important announcement. ThatHelps’ team has made the difficult decision to discontinue services for ThatHelps app as of January 31, 2025. After that date, you can no longer open the app on your mobile device and the app will no longer be available to download for Android users in Google Play or iOS users in the App Store. In the meantime, we will still post Helping News and Opportunities to join and complete through Jan. 31, 2025. 

We’re so grateful for all we’ve accomplished together, on and off the app. You’ve made meaningful change for countless organizations, causes, communities and habitats around the world, including providing thousands of meals to kids in need. 

As a reminder, the only personal information we’ve ever collected from our users is an email address, password, and your activity on the app. Rest assured, your information will not be available for our future use or anyone else’s future use. We recommend you take screenshots of any achievements or app content you’d like to preserve.  

We’re incredibly thankful for all the good we’ve done as a community. Thank you for being a part of our project. We hope you continue to be a force for positive change in the world.

Above are some of the faces of human trafficking. It's a global problem, and you might be surprised to learn that it could be happening in your backyard. Mississippi, Nevada, Missouri, Nebraska, and California are the top five states with the highest human trafficking case counts.* While most think that women and girls are the main victims, the share of boys involved has increased five times in just the last 15 years.

It's a tragic practice that provides $150 BILLION to traffickers around the globe every year. With simple steps, all of us can look, observe, and perhaps even save a life.

✍️ Take the pledge to keep children and women safe from sex trafficking:
https://www.i5freedomnetwork.org/pledge

👀 Be observant - know the signs of a person who is being trafficked: the person is living with their employer; poor living conditions with multiple people living in very cramped conditions; inability to speak alone; under 18 and in prostitution; signs of physical abuse, fearfullness and/or submissive

WHAT TO DO IF YOU THINK SOMEONE IS BEING TRAFFICKED 👉 Don't second guess yourself. Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline, a national 24-hour, toll-free, multilingual anti-trafficking hotline. Call 1-888-373-7888 to report a tip. (For world-wide reporting, find the appropriate office at https://itsapenalty.org/makeareport/)

*: Hubscore 2023
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As we look back on 2024, we're filled with gratitude for the incredible impact we've made together! It was truly a year defined by "accomplishment."  During 2024, more than 12,000 "moments of impact" were made by YOU, the changemakers in our world.  Whether you took 30-seconds or spent hours joining in the Opportunities we serve-up, we say THANK YOU because YOU made it happen!

Whether you've already taken 30-seconds to help in some way here on ThatHelps, or you're new here and wondering just how easy it is to help from the comfort of your phone (and with only a minute of time), take a look at the highlights of what we've accomplished together! 🎉

1️⃣ Your (free) selfies are adding up to help break the cycle of poverty.  $25 is donated by Fotition (& a generous philanthropist) every time you upload a selfie. 85 ThatHelps users have taken this 30-second action and added $2,125 to the over $15,475 raised thanks to you.  ("Poverty & Hunger")

2️⃣ More than 111 of you signed affordable housing petitions in 2024. Add this to the previous year's campaign, and more than 605 changemakers here on ThatHelps have taken a (free!) 30-second step to help this American crisis. ("Crisis Relief")

3️⃣ Your (free) app reviews for ThatHelps on the Google Play Store and the App Store have allowed ThatHelps to donate 21,500 meals to No Kid Hungry. Specifically in 2024, 5,700 meals were donated! ("Family & Community")

4️⃣ Just by answering trivia questions, you helped Free the Ocean continue their mission of cleaning the oceans of trash! Free the Ocean has already funded cleanups to remove 61.3 MILLION pieces of plastic from our oceans and coastlines. ("Wildlife & Habitats")

5️⃣ 🌳 Your simple (and free!) actions have planted 131 trees! ("Climate Change")

6️⃣ Thanks for stepping-up for rescue animals! 🐾 With 6.3 million companion animals entering shelters every year, you gave (free-to-you) treats, meals, and medical supplies to pets just by playing on the TREAT app! More than 8 MILLION treats and meals have already been provided by TREAT, in part, because of you. ("Animal Welfare")

7️⃣ Kindness was a priority for you in 2024. With random acts of kindness, you made "Celebrate World Kindness Day" the #1 Opportunity in our "Family & Community" category! ❤️

8️⃣ At a time in our world where living sustainably isn't a top priority for many, 63 of you are looking for ways to save money and help earth all by buying less. "The App That Let's You Borrow, Not Buy" resonated with you. ("Sustainability")

9️⃣ 560 of you decided to make an impact in the world by volunteering from home. Whether you became a penpal to an isolated senior, did your part to help find missing Americans, or volunteered to bring music virtually to those in hospitals, you've made an incredible impact! (Thanks for using our 🔍 search functionality with keywords: virtual volunteer)

🔟 37 states in the U.S. don't have laws against child marriage. (Yes, it's true.) So many of you signed the "Petition: End Child Marriage in the U.S." and we're incredibly grateful! ("Children")

Keep your eyes on the ThatHelps Helping News for the "Most Popular" Opportunities of 2024 in each interest category!

Thank you for joining us in making an incredible impact on our world!

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