In February, Fairfax Alternative High School explores the life skill compassion. Fairfax Alternative High School partners with HALO so that its students can receive a portion of their art credit for graduation, while also working on life skills. For the last workshop of the month, the youth were asked to portray compassion; what it meant to them, how it looked …
December’s Life Skill Speaker Angela Hurt of Veracity Consulting Speaks on “Compassion” at HALO Staff Meeting
This month’s life skill, and last life skill of 2016, is all about compassion. On Tues., Dec. 06, HALO invited Angela Hurt, CEO and founder of Veracity Consulting, a leading provider of information technology consulting services based in Kansas City, to talk with us about how she uses compassion in her life. Hurt emphasized the importance of focusing on customer service to employees first, …
Jefferson City December Wrap Up!
We wrapped up our fall semester of programs this month. We had a great group of students at JCAC and JCHS! At the end of each class we do a special “Whiteboard Activity” where each student takes turns standing against a whiteboard and all of the other students write words that positively describe that person. At the end, the student …
HALO Life Skill: Compassion
This month is all about Compassion for The HALO Foundation. This is the final life skill of the year. We were privileged to have Dan Nilsen, CEO of Bishop-McCann serve as our guest speaker. Wow! What a treat! Here’s what he said were the top 10 most important components of being compassionate in the workplace: 1. Delight the Customer: Our clients …