December 14, 2013 By LAURA BAUER The Kansas City Star A year ago, as Sister Berta Sailer watched tearful parents on television wait for their children to walk from a Connecticut school alive, one thought went through her mind. She has put it in words many times since: “If we want to show our kids they are in a safe …
HALO in People Magazine
Rebecca Welsh Helps Orphans And At-Risk Kids Worldwide To read the article on People.com click here. Rebecca Welsh was volunteering in orphanages in Honduras in 2002 when she had an eye-opening encounter with a child living on the streets. “A 6-year-old little girl stopped me and begged me for water,” she says. “She travelled in a pack of about ten …
HALO on the Front Page of KC Star
HALO Center harnesses the creative power of kids BY LAURA BAUER, The Kansas City Star KEITH MYERS | THE KANSAS CITY STAR HALO center director Carly Manijak (standing, center) listened as children gave the superhero power they wished they possessed. Minutes before the class was about to begin in a basement room of a Kansas City homeless shelter, a bubbly …