Support Our Work

If you would like to donate to the Human Trafficking Research Lab at Augustana University and support applied undergraduate student research efforts you can make a donation in three different ways:

1) Make a credit card/debit card/EFT gift online at https://www.augie.edu/resources/office-advancement/ways-give. Choose the “Other” icon box and write “Human Trafficking Research Lab” in the comments box.

2) Make a gift using check/cash; checks should be made payable to Augustana University, noting Human Trafficking Research Lab in the memo:

Send a check payable to Augustana University to:

Office of Advancement
Augustana University
2001 S. Summit Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57197

Call 605.274.5521 or 800.727.2844 to provide card information over the phone.

3) Make a gift with stocks/securities, or an IRA distribution, please contact the Office of Advancement (605) 274-5521 https://augie.mygiftlegacy.org/ 

Augustana University is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. All gifts are 100% tax deductible.

If you donate more $30 to the Human Trafficking Research Lab at Augustana we will send you one of these tote bags that will support future undergraduate research in the lab and help you raise awareness to human trafficking everywhere you go! 

The bags are 100% cotton and printed locally from Oakwood Screen Printing.

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