Family Night Fun

Family Night is an important part of the HALO Jefferson City Girls Home. Family Night happens each week, on Thursday evening, for 2 hours. During that time all the residents of the HALO home spend time together. They enjoy a warm meal donated through Meal Train by our HALO Volunteers and do an activity together as a HALO family. It …

Welcome new HALO Team Members to the Jefferson City Girls Home!

Please join us in welcoming three new team members to the HALO Jefferson City Girls Home! These team members bring with them a wealth of experience and enthusiasm for service of HALO youth. We are excited for them to join us and look forward to the difference they will make! Bonnie Janowiak retired from the Department of Natural Resources, and …

Motorsports Explore Workshop with Jacob Blair

Last week, HALO youth were able to slide into the front seat and rev the engine of a real racecar! HALO hosted an Explore Workshop with Jacob Blair Motorsports, where Jacob discussed the many careers associated with motorsports – everything from racing to promotion and video development to managing the mechanics of the car. Mr. Blair also brought his racecar …

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 …

Celebrating Alice

Alice, a longtime HALO supported Uganda youth, will soon be graduating from college.When she was in high school, she started out in our Uganda Learning Center. Since graduating high school, she has been helped by a number of individuals and sponsored by These Numbers Have Faces, an organization aimed at using education of women and girls to reduce cyclical poverty in Sub-Saharan …