Our Story

Stories Foundation was founded by Mother/Daughter duo Sherrill Thurston and Stephanie Page when they read the book Passport Through the Darkness on the way to a wedding of a family friend back in 2012. They are people of faith and their love for God and for people drives them in this work to fight against a culture that promotes and incubates human trafficking and exploitation.

Stories Foundation operated the Freedom Food Truck and Storyteller Catering until 2020 when they shifted their efforts to raising funds to open and operate a Giveback Cafe to sell food, products and create job and housing opportunities for survivors of trafficking and those vulnerable. Currently Stories Foundation works with law enforcement, front line workers, like minded nonprofits to support survivors and those vulnerable, bring awareness, and create opportunities for prevention education for 12-24 year olds. All with the purpose of inspiring communities to fight injustice.

Stories was born out of the belief that when people learned about human trafficking and how it affects our communities they would want to do something to fight against it. We create opportunities for people to do just that by empowering them to take the first step through education and purposeful purchasing.

When Sherrill Thurston and her daughter Steph Page read Passport through the Darkness in July of 2012 they knew that they had to do something about the issue of human trafficking. They knew that when others became aware they would feel the same. This is the beginning of our story as an organization, we are honored that you would join our story to yours and choose to make fighting human trafficking a part your next chapter.

Live your story, it matters. Share your story with others, it will make a difference. And when we do this we will see all of our stories change for the better. #LiveShareChange