by epecadmin | Jan 30, 2020 | Breaking the Cycle, Student Stories, Uncategorized
(Amy Hall, left, is pictured with Grooming Project case manager, Barbie Daniels, right.) Meet Amy Hall, recently hired as assistant grooming instructor at The Grooming Project. Though her job is new, Amy is no stranger to this place. A Grooming Project graduate...
by epecadmin | Nov 12, 2018 | Breaking the Cycle, Student Stories
Christine, single mother of two and a KC native, grew up watching her mother cut and style hair. After graduating high school, she decided to give cosmetology school a try for herself. She earned her certificate and started working in a salon, but soon realized that...
by Abby | Aug 22, 2018 | Breaking the Cycle, Student Stories
It was a moment of God-given self-restraint that led Shautina, 39, to The Grooming Project. She was standing outside her apartment complex’s office smoking a cigarette and “sulking in misery.” The stressors of being a single mother of two had piled. After receiving...
by epecadmin | Apr 29, 2017 | Breaking the Cycle, Student Stories
FINDING HER PLACE: KARA JOHNSON Life wasn’t going well for Kara Johnson. She didn’t know – never had known — her mom. Her father suffered mental health and addiction issues and wasn’t the best role model. Nor was his ex-wife, who gave Kara a home for a while,...
by epecadmin | Apr 9, 2017 | Breaking the Cycle, Student Stories
TYESHA OLDEN: IT’S ALL UP FROM HERE For Tyesha Olden, the struggle was constant. To be sure, she was trying hard to get her life on track. She had dropped out of high school when asthma caused her to miss too many days to catch up, but she’d signed up for Job...
by epecadmin | Sep 28, 2016 | Student Stories, Supporters
HELPING HANDS: TERI AALDERS You might say dog grooming is in Teri Aalders’ blood The owner of Empire Pets grooming salons in Mission and Lenexa, Kan., she’s been a groomer for years. Her mother groomed dogs for more than 40 years. Her three sisters are groomers, one...
