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
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...
by Abby | Nov 23, 2021 | Breaking the Cycle
A graduate of The Grooming Project and her children. By Jarrod Sanderson, LCSW and COO of The Grooming Project and On a drizzly fall Kansas City day in 2015, I received a call from a fellow Licensed Clinical Social Worker who was a former colleague. She’d since moved...
by Abby | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Channa Steinmetz of Startland News Amanda McIntyre, Grooming Project graduate and owner of Classy Canines in Independence. Dogs don’t judge, said Amanda McIntyre as she sat in the grooming shop she built from scratch with a thrifty $5,000 and the experience of a...
by Abby | Nov 22, 2021 | Supporters
Unexpected package helps doors open By Sarah Baum Natasha Kirsch, founder and CEO, smiles as she explains how important the first delivery of professional clippers was to the Grooming Project. “I really don’t know if we’d be here without help from Andis Company. I’m...
