Ring True Co. — encouragement you can wear

In 2021, Amanda's sister, Shannon Sloan, joined Ring True. Shannon had previously participated in humanitarian and mission work in Nepal and the Philippines, where she had encountered organizations working with survivors of human trafficking. Together, the sisters began asking an important question:

What if Ring True could do more than donate money to organizations serving survivors? What if the business itself could become part of the path forward?

That question changed everything.

Rather than simply outsourcing the growing need for jewelry production, Amanda and Shannon intentionally partnered with survivor-support organizations and began creating paid, dignified employment opportunities for women rebuilding their lives after trafficking.

Today, Ring True works alongside survivors in Michigan, including women participating in programming through Hope Against Trafficking. Amanda and Shannon regularly work directly with women in the safe-home environment, where jewelry making becomes much more than assembling beads and clasps.

It provides an opportunity to learn skills, earn income, build confidence and experience the pride that comes from creating something another woman will cherish.

For some survivors, that work has also become part of the healing process itself. One woman who participated in the program described initially being afraid that she wouldn't know how to make jewelry, only to discover that the process became therapeutic and helped her feel better as she worked.

Ring True jewelry is thoughtfully designed to encourage the woman who eventually wears it — but its impact begins long before it reaches her.

Many pieces are handcrafted by survivors living within safe-home programs. The woman creating a bracelet, necklace or ring isn't simply producing a product. She is participating in meaningful work while building experience, independence and confidence for the next chapter of her life.

And Ring True makes sure that connection isn't hidden.

Survivor-made pieces are packaged with the story of their impact, and pieces may include a card signed by the survivor who helped create them — a beautiful reminder that there is a real woman and a real story behind what you're wearing.

It creates an extraordinary circle of encouragement: one woman creates it. Another woman wears it. And both are reminded of their worth.

Human trafficking can feel like an impossibly large problem — one that is easy to think of as happening somewhere far away. Ring True helps bring awareness to the reality that trafficking also happens within our own communities while giving ordinary people a tangible way to become part of the solution.

Their work goes beyond financial donations. Ring True's model creates real-world opportunities for survivors to develop skills, assume greater responsibility and rebuild confidence as they work toward independent futures. Their growing impact has even included internship and leadership opportunities for survivors.

It's a model of giving back that we particularly admire at Boutique Chic because it isn't simply about charity.

It's about empowerment.

It's recognizing that a woman is more than what has happened to her, and creating an opportunity for her talents, abilities and future to become part of the story instead.

Ring True holds a particularly special place at Boutique Chic because their philosophy represents so much of what we believe a boutique can — and should — be.

We love beautiful things. We love discovering pieces that make a woman stop in front of the mirror, smile and feel a little more like herself. But whenever possible, we want the story behind those pieces to be just as beautiful.

Ring True allows us to offer jewelry that does exactly that.

When you choose a Ring True piece at Boutique Chic, you're choosing something designed to remind women of their strength, courage, value and worth. At the same time, you're supporting a women-owned Michigan business that is intentionally creating opportunities for survivors of human trafficking to rebuild their lives through meaningful employment.

That's why Ring True isn't simply another jewelry line on our shelves. It's fashion with purpose — and a reminder that what we choose to wear can help another woman's story ring true.