Local volunteers are helping children who have lost loved ones to violence in Kansas City. The group, Children of Homicide Victims, hosted a bake sale yesterday at the Effortlessly Fly boutique on Troost Ave. The nonprofit supports children by providing counseling, group healing sessions and financial assistance, and more. The money raised goes to benefit these programs. The organization also has a clothing closet, mentoring and mentoring, parent and guardian education classes, grooming assistance, and birthday party assistance. “These are kids that we identify with, these are kids that we know their stories about, we have similar stories. We just want to show them that they can also be survivors and leaders in the community like us,” Sunnie, founder of Children of Homicide Victims Carney said said. The nonprofit was initially named Children of Lost Soul in 2013, a year after Carney lost his father to murder in Kansas City. Carney’s father, Vernon Ray Carney Jr., was the ninth homicide victim of Kansas City in 2012. At the age of 16, two days before her birthday, her life changed forever. Knowing the hardships he faced with the loss of a parent, he created the nonprofit to provide support to other children and families going through the same experience. You can learn more about the services available at the organization non-profit website.
Local volunteers are helping children who have lost loved ones to violence in Kansas City.
The group, Children of Homicide Victims, hosted a bake sale yesterday at the Effortlessly Fly Boutique on Troost Ave.
The nonprofit supports children by providing counseling, group healing sessions, financial assistance, and more.
The money raised benefits those programs.
The organization also has a clothing closet, mentoring and mentoring, parent and guardian education classes, grooming assistance, and birthday party assistance.
“These are kids that we identify with, these are kids that we know their stories about, we have similar stories. We just want to show them that they can also be survivors and leaders in the community like us,” Sunnie, founder of Children of Homicide Victims Carney said said.
The nonprofit was initially named Children of Lost Soul in 2013, a year after Carney lost his father to murder in Kansas City.
Carney’s father, Vernon Ray Carney Jr., was Kansas City’s ninth homicide victim in 2012. At the age of 16, two days before his birthday, his life changed forever.
Knowing the struggles she had to go through losing a parent, she created the non-profit to provide support to other children and families who are going through the same experience.
You can learn more about the services available on the nonprofit’s website.
