2025 BROTHERHOOD BANQUET
 

Our 2025 Banquet was a wonderful evening! Imagine the grand ballroom at the Genetti Hotel in Williamsport
full to almost overflowing with people you can not say enough good things about! Seven people were given
awards for their good work and many wonderful folk from throughout our county were there to honor them.

The 2025 William Picklener Brotherhood Award recipients honored were Dave Brumbach and Loni Gamble
(posthumously.) The 2025 Unsung Heroes honored were Doug Alexander, Chrissy Heinbach, Rick Mason, and
Mary Jo Westbrook. The 2025 Ray Keyes Sports Award recipient honored was Mike Ludwikowski.

The Lycoming County Brotherhood Alliance (LCBA) has promoted the cause of goodwill and understanding
among all people in Lycoming County for over 70 years! Our mission is to actively promote tolerance of all
religious, civic, and political beliefs to demonstrate commitment to the promotion and maintenance of the
cultural, racial and social fabric of Lycoming County.

Our keynote speaker was Korrin Moon-Gardner.

Korrin is the President and Co-Founder of Lattern Rescue, a 501C3 dedicated to ending human trafficking,
domestically and internationally, by training and supporting local law enforcement, prosecutors and
communities. A lawyer, she currently serves as a special prosecutor for Lycoming County, focusing on cases of
child pornography (Child Sexual Abuse Material - CSAM) and human trafficking, providing no-cost legal
support for those critical cases and advocating for high sentences for crimes of CSAM and trafficking. She is
also a member of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Trafficking Task Force.

Korrin Moon-Gardner received her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Lycoming College in 2013.
Shortly thereafter she enlisted in the Marine Corps where she served as a Russian Translator and Signals
Intelligence Analyst for five years on active duty. During that time she maintained a top-secret security
clearance and was assigned to missions vital to national security. During her service she received a number of
awards, medals, commendations, and letters and certicificates of appreciation. During this time Korrin
completed a graduate certificate in International Relations from Harvard University Extension.

Approximately five years ago, after becoming aware that many organizations fighting human trafficking focus
on simply rescuing victims without leaving any resources behind to fight the porblem moving forward, Korrin
founded Lantern Rescue. This organization seeks to help victims of sexual exploitation and sex trafficking from
around the world, to reclaim and rebuild their lives. It also works to empower local communities and teach them
how to do the rescues when Lantern Rescue isn’t present. They train law enforcement, judges and prosecutors
on what human trafficking is, and how to better investigate it. They also work with aftercare facilities to care for
the victims during the recovery process.

In the last five years Lantern Rescue has rescued over 2,800 victims. The general public often thinks that human
trafficking must include kidnapping, but less that 1% of those who have rescued have been a victim of
kidnaping. Our children, grandchildren, friends and neighbors could be a victim of human trafficking and still
be living with their family. In Lycoming County, Korrin clarified that here our county focuses on finding the
victims, then working to see that the crimes are prosecuted.

Traffickers often take their time grooming each of their victims, usually starting online, but sometimes
beginning in person. They work to develop a trusting relationship before they slowly start to isolate them from
their family and friends. Korrin told us that traffickers then start asking for little innocent favors from the
victim, and slowly turn the situation into one where the victim is being trafficked, sold to this boyfriend’s
friends and often their acquaintances across the state.

Korrin emphasized that each of us can help improve our community, one life at a time. There are an estimated
28 million victims of human trafficking today, all too many right here in Lycoming County. When we are
knowledgeable about this issue we can better listen to family, friends and strangers as well as truly see what is
happening in our community. The largest risk to children in America today for human trafficking is found
within their mobile devises. The blocks we put on our children’s mobile phone sometimes help, but most kids
can get around them. Parents best defense is to build good lines of communications so your kids trust that you
are a safe space and they can come to you anytime. Good relationships go a long way in helping kids talk about
whatever is making them uncomfortable. In our community we all need to be a lifeline ready to help someone
who is or will soon be a victim of human trafficking.