Concordia Lighthouse Club raises over $12,500 in Dressember fundraiser

Concordia University, Nebraska’s Lighthouse Club raised over $12,500 in December 2025 with their Dressember fundraiser.  

Dressember is an anti-human trafficking fundraising and awareness campaign that is connected to the nonprofit International Justice Mission. Dressember is intended to encourage conversation by participants wearing dresses, ties and skirts for a day or the whole month of December.  

“It was encouraging to see so many people have a heart to participate and spark these conversations for change.”

Lighthouse Club aimed to raise $9,000 over the course of 2025 because that is how much it costs to rescue just one person who is a victim of human trafficking. They also had a goal to have 25-30 members. They surpassed both of those goals.  

Lighthouse Club president Brynn Holtmeier said, “It was encouraging to see so many people have a heart to participate and spark these conversations for change.” 

Lighthouse is an on-campus chapter of IJM. The goal of the group is to help educate the campus and community about the present injustices of modern-day slavery in Nebraska, the United States and the rest of the world. Learn more here.