The More We Love, 14423 Ambaum Blvd SW, Burien, WA (2026)

08/22/2026

This morning, The More We Love was out along Aurora—from the Travelodge to the Days Inn and hotel to hotel—because when a woman or young girl needs a way out, she needs to know exactly who to call.

We know this because we receive those calls. And sometimes, they have only minutes to get out. Minutes to make the call. Minutes for someone to answer and say, “We are coming.”

We are incredibly grateful for the hotels that partnered with us today and allowed us to put that message directly into rooms through The SOAP Project. A small bar of soap or makeup wipe with a crisis number on it may seem simple, but it could be the one thing that reaches her when no one else can.

People ask us all the time, “What can we do?”

Everything.

Everything needs to be done to fight this crisis. There is something absolutely horrifying about 13-, 14- and 15-year-old girls being bought and sold in plain sight, moved through hotel rooms while money changes hands around them.

So we put the number in the rooms.
We put the faces of missing girls in businesses along Aurora.
We ask hotels, neighbors and our entire community to pay attention.

Because when she gets those few minutes to make that call, somebody needs to answer.

Today’s effort was led by former Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison in partnership with The SOAP Project and The More We Love. We are incredibly grateful for her leadership and her continued commitment to showing up for women and girls being trafficked in our community.

And thank you to every person who showed up alongside us today—neighbors, community members, and people who have watched this crisis unfold right outside their doors.

We also want to thank Dave Larson, who is running for Superior Court Judge and spent his Saturday morning alongside us, putting these messages on soap and helping get them into hotels.

This is why we show up. This is why we keep going. Because when she gets the opportunity to make that call, we want her to know someone will answer.

Be Someone’s Constant. 💛

www.themorewelove.org

08/21/2026

Meet Oneika Collins.

I have watched this beautiful, brave woman from afar for years.

I’ve watched Oneika pour into our community through Cozy Connections, host one of the biggest Christmas giveaways in Pioneer Square for our homeless community, and just continue to give so much of herself to people who need someone.

A few months ago, Oneika and I finally sat down for coffee. And I remember thinking I could sit there with her for hours.

She told me her story. What she has walked through. What she has carried. And I could see so clearly the grace with which she carries all of it. There is this soft, beautiful presence about Oneika, but underneath it is one incredibly brave woman.

I remember sitting across from her and just knowing.

Her purpose was GRAND!

I could see the connection between what she has walked through and the women and children we get to serve. I knew there was something deeper here for her.

She told me, “I don’t care what I do. I’ll do anything. I just want to support the work of The More We Love.”

And she meant it.

Oneika stepped into a space a bit unfamiliar to her, ready to learn, and took on our Intake Line, including evening and nighttime hours when some of the hardest calls come in. Women terrified. Women trying to get out. Women and children desperately needing someone on the other end of that phone to help get them SAFE.

She hadn’t even been with us a week when she connected a pregnant young woman to us who is now in treatment getting the support she desperately needs.

When Oneika and I first met, she brought me a succulent. She said she loves to garden. And the more I get to know her, the more fitting that feels. Oneika understands what it means to plant a seed, pour into it and give it what it needs to grow.

And maybe that is part of what she is meant to bring to these women too. To plant seeds in women who may have stopped believing they could grow. To pour into them. To show them, through the bravery she so clearly carries herself, that their story does not have to end in the place where we found them.

Oneika, I see you. I see your heart. I see the brave woman you are. I see the grace with which you carry everything you have walked through. I am thankful for you.

God is always right on time.

Be Someone’s Constant💛
www.themorewelove.org

08/21/2026

We are SO excited for this Sunday!

More than anything, we’re grateful for the opportunity to simply be in community…..bringing families, kids, organizations, and neighbors together for an afternoon filled with JOY.

Yes, we’ll have backpacks and school supplies from The More We Love and Community Passageways. Yes, we’ll have some amazing free BBQ from C. Davis Texas BBQ. And YES… we are absolutely getting on that basketball court with Watts Basketball! And don’t forget the beautiful balloon decor from Luxe Balloons by Char Davis 💛 Perfect for photo opportunities!

But this day is about so much more than what we’re giving away. It’s about kids laughing, families connecting, people showing up for one another, and creating a space where we can all just enjoy being together.

We cannot wait to play some basketball, eat some good food, turn the music ALL the way up with DJ D’DOXX, laugh, connect, and just BE JOYFUL together.

We are incredibly grateful to every partner, volunteer, donor, and community member helping make The Watts Legacy Back-to-School Community Day possible.

ONE CHILD. ONE FAMILY. ONE COMMUNITY.

See you Sunday!

08/20/2026

Meet Jacki Vasquez, our Lead Case Manager at The More We Love.

Jacki is quite possibly one of the most selfless people I have ever known.

She came to us as a volunteer and for nearly eight months poured herself into anything we needed while learning case management and walking alongside the women and children we serve. Almost a year ago, we were able to bring her on full-time, and today she leads our case management, helping women navigate housing, employment, daycare, recovery and all the pieces it takes to build stability for themselves and their children.

But Jacki's story is so much deeper than what she does here.

Jacki was born into trafficking. Her childhood was a fight for her life, moving through endless foster homes, addiction and trauma. She was never given the opportunity to simply be a little girl or even a teenager. She was always just surviving.

And today, the cycle Jacki was born into is the very cycle she is helping women and children break.

I have watched Jacki find her voice. When I first met her, she was quiet about so much of what she had lived through. Today, I have watched her stand in front of rooms full of people and bravely tell her story because she understands there is power in using what she survived to help another woman find her way out.

And then there are the babies.

Jacki has a superpower when it comes to our babies. They just melt into her arms. And maybe that is one of the most beautiful parts of watching her today. She gets to pour into these babies what she never received herself. To love them, hold them, protect them and give them the kind of beginning she never had.

Jacki is raising and loving her own family while pouring herself into the women and children we serve every single day. She is breaking the cycle she was born into and helping make sure another woman, another child and another generation have a different story.
There is so much power in watching her use her life this way.

Jacki, I trust you with the hearts of the women and children we serve, and I don't say that lightly. I am so thankful God brought you to The More We Love and so proud of the woman you have become.

You are truly one of the greatest definitions of love I know.
~Kristine Moreland
Executive Director and Founder

Be Someone’s Constant. 💛
www.themorewelove.org

08/20/2026

We can’t wait to see you! This Sunday from 2-5pm 💛

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08/19/2026

🎒 WE STILL HAVE SPOTS OPEN! 🏀❤️

Do you know a child who could use a FREE backpack and school supplies for the upcoming school year? We would love to have them join us!

📅 Sunday, August 23
⏰ 2:00–5:00 PM
📍 Watts Basketball Gym in Seattle

Come spend the afternoon with us for:

🎒 FREE backpacks & school supplies from The More We Love and Community Passageways
🏀 FREE basketball activities with Watts Basketball
🍖 FREE BBQ from C. Davis Texas BBQ
🤝 Community, fun & connection
❤️ A whole lot of love!

Everything is completely FREE!

📧 Reserve your child’s backpack:
[email protected]

We still have spots available, so please share this with families who could use a little extra support getting their kids ready for school.

We hope you’ll join us for a day of community and love! ❤️🎒🏀

08/19/2026

Meet Jayne Siemers.

This woman’s heart is for the streets. It always has been.

Jayne and I met so many years ago serving on the streets of Seattle through Union Gospel Mission, I can't even count them anymore. We went into some of the darkest places together, and I got to see very early who Jayne was. She goes toward people others might walk past. She lifts them up, reminds them of who they are and encourages them every step of the way.

Our work intersected again years later when Jayne was at The Salvation Army and I had started The More We Love. I would call her for support on the streets, for housing navigation, or because I knew if someone needed help, Jayne wasn't going to give up on them.

Eventually, it became clear that her heart and her story belonged inside the intensive case management we do at The More We Love.

Today, Jayne is one of our Case Managers, pouring everything she has walked through into the women and children we serve. She stands firmly and faithfully in her own recovery, and she refuses to let any part of her story be in vain. She uses it to reach back, to encourage another woman, to hold her accountable and to remind her that there is a way forward.

That is what I love most about Jayne. Her story doesn't stop with her. She has chosen to use it to serve others.

Jayne, thank you for your obedience. Thank you for continuing to go into the darkest places and bring people toward the light. Because you chose to stand, there are people who will stand because of you.

The More Love and the Women and Children we get to serve are better because of you!

~ Kristine Moreland
Executive Director and Founder

Be Someone’s Constant. 💛
www.themorewelove.org

08/18/2026

Meet Tara Hendrickson, or as we call her at The More We Love, our Care Bear.

If you remember the Care Bears back in the day, Tara is the one shooting rainbows straight out of her heart. She is all things love and pure joy, and in the environment we work in, that matters more than I can explain.

Tara came to us not really knowing exactly what her role at The More We Love would be. What I knew almost immediately was that there was something different about her. Her attitude from the beginning was simply, “I will do anything. I just want to be part of this work.”

And that is exactly the kind of heart this work requires.

I have watched Tara sit with a woman in one of the hardest moments of her life for hours, simply listening to her story. I have watched her answer our intake line with so much compassion that a woman on the other end knows she is safe before she ever walks through our doors. She will pick up prescriptions, do laundry, care for babies, help a mom get settled, or stay at the crisis center until 10 or 11 at night making sure babies are tucked in, moms are resting and everyone is ready to face another day.

There is no job beneath Tara because her only concern is, what does this woman or child need from me right now?

That willingness to do whatever is needed is everything at The More We Love. The women and children we serve need people who will step all the way in. People willing to sit beside them, listen without judgment, love them right where they are and become their constant when they need one most.

And somehow Tara does all of this smiling and laughing. She brings pure joy into a crisis center that holds some incredibly heavy stories.

The women know her heart is real. There is nothing for Tara to gain when she sits beside them. She is simply there to give.

Her time. Her shoulder. Her whole heart.

We believe, every organization needs a Tara.

Kristine Moreland
Executive Director and Founder

Be Somone’s Constant. 💛
www.themorewelove.org

08/18/2026

Today, The More We Love welcomed Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans, Chief of Staff Dan Nolte, and Criminal Division Chief Jenna Robert into our crisis center.

We invited them in because I believe there is value in seeing this work firsthand.

Aurora is hard. People feel strongly about what is happening there and there are many different opinions about what the solutions should be. But there is one thing I believe we should all be able to agree on: we have young girls being trafficked in broad daylight, women trapped in trafficking and addiction, businesses struggling, neighborhoods being impacted and a community that needs change now.

And that change cannot fall on one person, one policy, one office or one organization.

We talked about what a whole community response can look like. More hands and feet on the streets. Resources that match the circumstances of the women and girls we are trying to reach. Using every tool available to hold the buyers and sellers of human beings accountable. Public and private partnerships. Bringing businesses together to have a stronger voice and a real role in reshaping what is happening on Aurora and throughout our city.

Because everyone has a role in this.

We also shared that one of The More We Love's next steps is opening youth shelter beds for young girls being trafficked. The fact that we do not have enough appropriate places for girls under 18 to go when there is an opportunity to get them out is simply not acceptable to me. These are our girls, and protecting them has to carry urgency.

Shay sat at the table with us and shared what it took for her to get out of trafficking and addiction and into recovery, stability and a completely different life. Her story also shows why we invited Erika, Jenna and Dan into our space. We wanted them to see the depth of what it takes to help someone get all the way out.

It isn't checking a box or finding somewhere for a woman to stay for a few nights. It is staying beside her through addiction and recovery, court, employment, housing and all the pieces that have to come together to give her a real pathway forward. And it takes community. It takes law enforcement. It takes businesses and employers like Dunn Lumber willing to open doors. It takes people willing to stay.

I don't agree with every direction the City is currently taking, and I don't have to in order to stay at the table. I believe we move closer to solutions when we are willing to invite one another in, walk the streets together, hear from the women who have made it out, see what is working and have the harder conversations about what still needs to change.

I was incredibly grateful for how open Erika, Jenna and Dan were today, for the questions they asked, for the support they offered through their office to the women and girls we serve, and for their willingness to understand the depth of this work.

Enough is enough. Our women and girls deserve better. Our businesses and neighborhoods deserve better. And I believe there is a whole community ready to put their hands in and be part of changing what happens next.

~Kristine

Be Someone’s Constant. 💛
www.themorewelove.org

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