History

Treasures Ministries (Treasures), a Los Angeles, CA based nonprofit organization, operates an outreach and support group to women in the sex industry. Harmony Dust, the President, founded Treasures as a dream born from a broken past and a heart healed by the love of God. As a child, Harmony was sexually abused and raped by multiple people. She ended up in a group home at age 17, where she first encountered social workers and began to dream about one day making a difference in peoples’ lives. She discovered, however, that despite her dreams, the abuse and pain from her past continued to hold her captive. She found herself walking straight from a troubled adolescence into an adulthood entrenched with dysfunctional relationships and a life inside the walls of a strip club working as an exotic dancer. She continued down this path for several years, until committing herself to a journey of healing that radically changed her life. Her memoir, Scars and Stilettos, gives an account of this process.

In 2003, while pursuing a Master’s Degree in Social Work at UCLA, Harmony founded Treasures as a dream born from a broken past and a heart healed by the love of God. Each month, Harmony and a team of dedicated volunteers visit 170 strip clubs in the greater Los Angeles area to give gift bags to the women inside the clubs. The gifts represent the heart of this organization, sending the message to each woman, “You are loved, valued and purposed!” Harmony is truly passionate about seeing women’s hearts and lives revolutionized by a relationship with God and a revelation of their true worth in Him. She also has a passion for seeing the house of God be a place where hurting and broken people are met with open arms and offered a safe haven for their healing and restoration.

Treasures is located in the heart of the Adult Industry Capital of the World, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.  95% of all legal porn world-wide is filmed, distributed, and or manufactured here.

Treasures is the only organization of its kind in the Los Angeles area. All gifts, services, support, and referrals are provided to the women free of charge. Treasures operates as a volunteer driven, non-denominational, faith-based nonprofit organization funded completely by donations.  Since conception, Treasures has provided training for more 20 outreach affiliates throughout the US, Canada and Australia.