Reed Olson and Tony Laguna (RISE BoDs) presented RISE at the Valle Verda Rotary Club in Green Valley. They also collected donations for the children’s 2025 Christmas gifts. 

Reed giving his presentation to the Rotary Club

Reed & Tony collecting donations for the children’s Christmas gifts

Reed and Carol Bates-Smith (BoD) gave a talk to the Desert Hills Sewing Bee group and asked them to sign the Christmas Cards for the children plus they donated to the children’s Christmas gifts. The Sewing Bee gave RISE a handmade quilt for Yomara as a reward for graduating from high school and going to cosmetology college. The quilt was presented to Yomara during the December 13 visit.