HALO Summer Youth Shine in Showcase Celebration

On July 28, HALO Kansas City Learning Center held its 6th Annual Summer Showcase Celebration, and we want to thank everyone who attended and those who volunteered to celebrate the art made by our youth. We want to give a special shoutout to Jukeboxx Media for helping design media and promotions for our HALO Kansas City Summer Showcase Celebration.  This event would …

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 …

Local HALO Youth Awarded Moroccanoil® Cosmetology Scholarship

  HALO Teen Awarded Moroccanoil® Cosmetology Scholarship Formerly Homeless, Future is Now Bright for Kansas City Teen   KANSAS CITY, MO. – It feels like the holiday season at The HALO Foundation, a Kansas City non-profit committed to empowering youth in the greatest need. Local HALO youth Jasmine received a full-ride scholarship of up to $20,000 to the cosmetology school of …

From Sew to Show, HALO Fashion Design Workshop Prepares Youth for Fashion Show

This past January, local Kansas City designer, Whitney Manney, was invited to create a piece of art for Kansas City Live’s Art Attack challenge. The challenge is to create a piece of artwork in less than an hour. But here’s the catch, the artwork has to be donated to a charity. Knowing how art has benefited her, it was an …

2014 Independent Swag Fashion Show

“The Fashion Show really is such a magical night for our youth and guests,” said HALO Learning Center Director Carly Manijak. “Throughout the summer, youth explore their creativity, take part in educational workshops, and work with design professionals to create their runway outfits. They experience what it is like to work hard on something and show off their work. You …