by Abby | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Grooming Project’s first housing facility brings families together By: Meg Townsend If you arrive at The Grooming Project’s new family residence facility on any weeknight, you are likely to find women talking as they prepare meals together while their kids watch...
by Abby | Dec 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Expert advice from Lacey Adair, Director of Grooming By Lacey Adair At The Grooming Project, we currently see approximately 30 dogs per day, all with their own unique temperaments and levels of tolerance for being bathed and groomed. Over my 20 years spent as a...
by Abby | Dec 13, 2021 | Breaking the Cycle, Supporters
First Federal helps students start fresh with new checking accounts By: Sandra Olivais Kristyn Tillman could barely hear over the blowing hairdryer, buzzing electric clippers, and barking dogs as she groomed a sweet, tan poodle standing tall on the grooming table....
by Abby | Dec 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Turning hopelessness into happiness and replacing despair with the ability to dream Surviving childhood trauma and the hardships of poverty and addiction can turn little things into big deals. For April Myers, it was getting her personalized grooming scissors, a...
by Abby | Dec 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Case manager uses lived experience to help students address legal problems By Abby Jaskolski, Director of Communications at The Grooming Project When prospective students first learn about The Grooming Project, it is typically through Barbie Daniels, a 45-year-old...
by Abby | Dec 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Linda O’Dell For 13 years, heroin was Abigail Jones’ life. It took being apart from her son, then seeing him for the first time in months and realizing how much of his life she was missing, to be motivated to stop the drug use. It took a doctor willing to...
by Abby | Dec 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Lacey Adair, Director of Grooming at The Grooming Project, explains how your groomer can be a voice for your pet. By Lacey Adair The trade of grooming is all about building relationships. As professional groomers, we do our best work when we form strong relationships...
by Abby | Nov 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
What if you could make a donation that didn’t just solve an immediate need? That could potentially change a family’s future for years—even generations—to come? When you contribute to The Grooming Project, you do just that. The Grooming Project solves an immediate...
by Abby | Nov 23, 2021 | Supporters
By Abby Jaskolski Dental care is a necessity that many fail to appreciate until it’s no longer an option. Gerry Barker, a retired dental professor and former board member for The Grooming Project, knew first-hand how much the students’ health was suffering after a...
by Abby | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Linda O’Dell As one of only a few men in the current roster of The Grooming Project students, Ronnie Davis definitely stands out, but as brother to five sisters and father of five daughters, being surrounded by women is nothing new for him. What is new is the...
