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Miss Wyoming Adelaide Roberts hosts Alpine event

  • Fundraiser held with 307 Dance Productions for Libertas International. Miss Wyoming Adelaide Roberts of Star Valley teamed up with 307 Dance Productions Friday night in Alpine to host a  fund raising event for Libertas International. Libertas International assists…

Roberts Family hosts fundraiser for victims of human trafficking

  • Meet Miss Wyoming. Learn line dancing. Help less fortunate young women. Along with her family and friends, Miss Wyoming, Adelaide Roberts, from Star Valley, is working to support young women in Colombia who are survivors of human trafficking. …

Mrs. Star Valley 2024 hopes to represent the ‘hardworking, resilient’ people of Wyoming

By Julie Dockstader Heaps SVI Media Rowena Buehler has always wanted to be involved in community — to serve. But she wasn’t sure how. Now, as Mrs. Star Valley 2024, she has not only the footing, but also the foundation,…

Libertas International: Forging the path to freedom one survivor at a time

• Prevent Trafficking. Recover Victims. Empower Survivors. Dominican Republic, 2009-2011. A young American missionary, Elder Tyler Schwab from Star Valley, who was serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was shocked and sickened by…

$3,060 Raised to Support Trafficked Survivors’ Aftercare and more in Facebook Fundraiser

• All funds sent to Libertas International. In a heartwarming display of community support, a Facebook fundraiser organized by Ashley Call has successfully raised $3,060 to aid trafficked survivors in their journey towards recovery. The funds collected in this charitable…

Star Valley Women win Wyoming America Pageant

• Rebecca Shanks and Adalaide Roberts will compete for national title in August. Two Star Valley women came away as winners over the weekend during the 2023 Wyoming America Pageant held in Casper. Rebecca Shanks of Star Valley Ranch was…

Libertas International working to reunite families this Mothers Day

◆ Tyler Schwab continues to battle child trafficking. After seeing first-hand the exploitation that took place in Latin American countries while serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints more than a decade ago, Tyler Schwab formed…

Captain Colombia: How a Local Non-Profit Serving Survivors of Sexual Abuse was Recognized by the Colombian Government

Nine years ago, Tyler Schwab founded a nonprofit organization to help the homeless in the Dominican Republic. Now, he has been honored by the National Police Force of Colombia for his work in helping sexual abuse survivors and bringing justice…

Gifts of Grace release overview on human trafficking cases in Wyoming from 2017-2020

Gifts of Grace founder Tyler Schwab put together an overview of human trafficking cases in Wyoming from 2017-2020 to remind the public how sexual abuse happens even in your own communities. With so much discussion on social media of human…