How to Build a Social Enterprise

Mar 28, 2019

Amber Runyon is a speaker, nurse, candle maker, social entrepreneur, founder, and visionary of Eleventh Candle Co. Amber began her journey as a nurse and went on to do medical missions across the world. While in Ethiopia, she witnessed two young girls being sold into human trafficking in broad daylight. In this moment she realized she didn’t want to live in a world where little boys and girls could be bought and sold. In 2015 Amber founded her non-profit Legacy and Eleventh Candle Co. with the mission to redeem, restore, empower and equip those vulnerable to human trafficking, abuse, exploitation and addiction. 

 

Three years later, the organization continues to welcome women with employment, trauma informed counseling and a safe place to be themselves. Amber has been featured in many magazines, articles and other media. In August of 2018 she gave a TedTalk in Hilliard, Ohio. Amber lives in Worthington, Ohio with her son and two dogs.