Members of NHS modeled prom wear in the Natalie M. fashion show at the Overland Park Convention Center on Sunday, Jan. 13. Other schools from around the Kansas City area participated in this fashion show to help raise money for their schools. Each student had to sell 20 tickets at the price of $5.

Senior Brenna Iskra said she enjoyed modeling and choosing her dress.

“We got to pick out our own dress and it was basically like going to another dance,” Iskra said. “You got to model and walk with your friends and it was just a really good experience.”

The group raised $2,900 for the NHS program. NHS sponsor Kristen Chavez said she plans to use the money for self-defense classes for students.

“Part of the money we raised, we are going to [use it on] the TAKE Foundation,” Chavez said. “We are going to try to offer a TAKE class for free to the students of Mill Valley and the community.”

The TAKE Foundation (The Ali Kemp Education Foundation) is a group that specializes in self-defense classes. Originally, the Natalie M. fashion show was called Ali’s Runway and was sponsored by TAKE, but is now sponsored by Natalie M. Foundation.

Chavez was disappointed in the ending of Ali’s Runway, but hopes to provide defense classes for all girls with TAKE.

“It made me very sad when we stopped doing Ali’s Runway,” Chavez said. “I am a very firm believer that every girl should have some type of self-defense training.”