Cinnaminson Nonprofit Helps Families Of Missing, Exploited Kids

CINNAMINSON, NJ — A nonprofit organization that offers counseling to families of missing children has an office set up in Cinnaminson.

Team HOPE is a group of volunteers who have all experienced the trauma of having a missing or exploited child, according to the organization’s website.

“With this knowledge and experience, we are dedicated to offering compassionate peer support, empathy, understanding, kindness, and friendship to families who are still searching, have recovered their children safely, have located their children deceased, and families with children who have been sexually exploited,” according to the organization. “We are here to provide hope and walk the journey with other families.”

It launched in 1998 with 21 parents of missing and recovered children, and has since trained more than 450 volunteers to help 83,000 families in need.

They assist families with day-to-day issues; provide peer and emotional support, compassion, coping tools, and empowerment; and help alleviate the feelings of isolation so often resulting from fear and frustration.

The Cinnaminson chapter can be reached by phone at 856-303-2112 or at P.O. Box 2752, Cinnaminson, NJ, 08077.

This story is part of Patch's Headlining Hope series, which profiles local nonprofits and charitable organizations in need of volunteers and resources. If you know of a local organization that should be profiled, contact Anthony.Bellano@patch.com.