Kansas City Veterans Community Project puts finishing touches on Parade of Hearts entrance
COMMUNITY. SYMBOLS OF LOVE AND UNITY, IN HONOR OF KANS CASITY AND PEOPLE AND PETS, THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT THE PARADE OF HEART.TS >> ARTISTS MADE THINGS STUNNING WITH THEIR HEARTS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE PAINTED THEM, SOME MADE LGEAR SCULPTURES, AND OURS IAS MOSAIC. KELLY: VETERAN COMMUNITY PROJECT PUT THE FINISHING TOUCH ON THEIR HEARTS.RT >> WE HAVE THE TINY HOUSES, COMMUNITY CENTER ON ONE SIDE. KELLY: ONE OF 154 HEARTS ABOUT TO BE PLACEDCR AOSS THE METRO. >> AND THE HOUSES ARE ALL COLORED ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE ARMY. KELLY: THE PROJECT, BRING A SPECIAL SENSE TO VCP’S MISSION TO HELP HOMELESS VETS AND BUILD A COMMUNITY. >> JUST AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BUILT THE ACTUAL VILLEAG IN WHICH OUR VETERANS LIVE, WE HAVE HAD A FEW PEOPLE WHO COME HERE AND WORK ON
Veterans Community Project puts the finishing touches on Hearts Parade registration
The VCP said its heart will be placed on its campus on Troost Avenue
We are just days away from kicking off the Parade of Hearts in Kansas City. The huge public art project includes more than 150 original works of art. The Veteran Community Project puts the finishing touches on its heart. It’s a nod to the organization, our military and the community. From symbols of love and unity to honoring Kansas City and the people and pets found there, there is something for everyone at the Parade of Hearts. “Artists have done amazing things with them. Some people have painted them, others have made large sculptures out of them, and ours is a mosaic,” said Kelly Seward, director of communications for the Veterans Community Project. veterans community project is in the process of completing its heart. small houses, the community center on one side, “said Seward. It is one of 154 hearts about to be placed on the other side brings special meaning to VCP’s mission to help homeless vets and build community.” Just as we’ve had thousands of people build the village our veterans live in, we’ve had quite a few people who came here and worked on this mosaic,” Seward says. VCP sai d heart will be placed on its campus on Troost Avenue. may.
We are only a few days away from parade of hearts kickoff in Kansas City. The huge public art project includes more than 150 original works of art.
the Veterans Community Project puts the finishing touches to his heart. It’s a nod to the organization, our military and the community.
From symbols of love and unity to honoring Kansas City, its people and its pets, there’s something for everyone at the Parade of Hearts.
“Artists have done amazing things with their hearts. Some people have painted them, others have made large sculptures out of them, and ours is a mosaic,” said Kelly Seward, communications director for the Veterans Community Project.
The Veterans Community Project completes its core.
“We have the little houses, the community center on one side,” Seward said.
It is one of 154 hearts about to be placed on the other side of the subway.
“And the houses are all colored according to the different branches of the military,” Seward said.
The project brings special meaning to VCP’s mission to help homeless vets and build community.
“Just as thousands of people built the village that our veterans live in, we’ve had quite a few people who have come here and worked on this mosaic,” Seward said.
VCP said the heart will be placed on its campus on Troost Avenue. You will be able to see it and the other 153 hearts through the metro until May.
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