2021 Summer Showcase

On August 4th, 2021, HALO held the 2021 Summer Showcase! Hosted by Kansas City Program Facilitator Alayna Howard, and the program team, this event celebrates and showcases the HALO youth artwork created after a Summer of developing their passions and talents in different Learning Center Summer programs.  Even with the difficulties of COVID-19, we have continued to persevere and pulled off a …

2020 Virtual Summer Showcase

On July 29, 2020, HALO held its first Virtual Summer Showcase! Hosted by the Kansas City Program Facilitator, Alayna Howard, this event celebrates and showcases the HALO youth artwork created after a Summer of developing their passions and talents in different Learning Center Summer programs.  With the difficulties of COVID-19, HALO KC was able to utilize different spaces to accommodate the new safety …

Youth Showcase 2019 Puts Kids in the Spotlight

HALO and the Kansas City community are recognizing the outstanding achievements of its local homeless and at-risk youth, bringing kids center stage at the HALO Summer Showcase Celebration July 24 at 6 – 8 p.m. at Working Spaces at 215 E. 18th St, Suite 11 Kansas City, MO 64108. Join HALO to celebrate Kansas City youth as they use education …

2019 Summer Showcase Preview

Our annual Summer Showcase is coming up Wednesday, July 24th! Mark your calendar because this is one event you don’t want to miss. The purpose of the showcase is to honor and celebrate our youth for all the work they have done throughout the summer. This year, they have been working on improv, sewing, STEAM class projects, and much more! …

Summer 2019 Kickoff

Summer means no school, lots of sunshine, and new programming! We cannot wait to get things started in the Learning Center. The life skills we will focus on are perseverance in June, and respect in July. Last Summer We asked our HALO kids what healing meant to them and focused our workshops around what they told us. We were fortunate …

KC Star Highlights HALO Summer Showcase

See video coverage here A local newspaper, the Kansas City Star, covered HALO’s Summer Showcase Celebration Thursday, July 28. Reporter Mará Rose Williams highlighted how the evening was focused on youth who “celebrated their gifts” and demonstrated their empowerment.               Williams also conveyed HALO’s mission of housing, healing, and education and how the youth highlighted …

HALO Summer Showcase is THIS Thursday

Please join us Thursday, July 28 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. to celebrate the HALO Kansas City Learning Center! HALO supporters, volunteers, board members, and the community are celebrating the amazing progress and achievements of our homeless and at-risk youth. The Summer Showcase will feature a variety of youth performances as well as artwork with accompanying audio files from the youth explaining …