Non profit video

Haircuts for the Homeless – Kansas City – National Award Winning Film

Jul 12

At a time in our culture where things are difficult and our view of humanity feels uncomfortable I like to look for the good. I’m not saying we should ignore the difficult, but I hope to just remember that there are so many GOOD PEOPLE in our city here to help and give and care just makes me feel better.

This little film just won two Telly Video Awards. I am very proud of that, but more so I am proud that I live in a city where there are amazing people who are giving of themselves in so many ways and happy to get to see the gratitude on the faces of those receiving such gifts.

Take a minute to watch this sweet little film. It might make you feel better too.

Details:
Event organized and arranged by: Jenny Wheat Photography
Location: City Union Mission, KCMO
Catering: The Webster House
Stylists: So many talented and giving people of Kansas City

Girls on the Run Coaching Training Video Series – Directors Cut – Kansas City Non-Profit

Jan 14

This was one of those projects that I was so honored to get to produce and so proud of what we were able to achieve. Girls on the Run is a non-profit that I have been involved with for several years, as a mom of a runner and a coach, so when they called me to ask if I could help them create a series of films to use in their coaches training I was beside myself excited. I followed two teams of girls and coaches through last seasons training and ended the filming with the 5K run at the Chiefs Stadium. We created six videos that follow the GOTR curriculum that will be used in the training of new and returning coaches. I am really proud of them all. You can see the series HERE. Be careful, you might just have to start your own chapter of Girls of the Run!

This is the Directors Cut of the film we created of the actual run that all the girls and their families participate in at the end of the season. So very sweet!

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – Survivor Stories

May 1

About once a year I get to create a special film for a cause that is meaningful to me – gratis. Sometimes I find the organization and sometimes they find me. It feels so good to be able to make some kind of contribution and give back somehow to organizations and people in my community. This time they found me. Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way, I lost my Dad to lung cancer six years ago and know quite a few who have fought Leukemia and Lymphoma. When Heather called me with this project, I knew I had to do it. We created these two films to share at the 25th Anniversary Ball to raise money for research for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. So much is happening with new drugs and treatments and it is making a difference in so many lives. They raised over one MILLION dollars on Saturday night.

I am so proud to help share the voices of some of the survivors who are alive because of the research being done in Kansas City. Each of them has such an amazing story to tell and are such strong and beautiful individuals.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Children’s Video from creative films on Vimeo.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Mission Moment 2013 from creative films on Vimeo.