First College Graduate – May 2024
In 2017, RISE Scholastic Achievements was created to help fund the cost of high school and college education for abused and abandoned children at Casa Vida Nueva para Niños [...]
Reed Olson, President of RISE Scholastic Achievements, receives the Paul Harris Fellow Award
Sue Horton, President of the Valle Verde Rotary Club of Green Valley, presented the “Paul Harris Fellow” Award to Reed Olson for his work and continued dedication to the Casa [...]
December 9, 2023 Christmas Trip
The December 9th trip to Casa Vida Nueva para Niños (the orphanage) was unfortunately canceled this year due to concerns regarding border crossing times and the unrest at many AZ borders. So, we came [...]
February 2023 – New ESL Program
Pictured is the instructor for the ESL program with the children he will be teaching starting February, 2023 February, 2023: Announcing the new “Donna Wright - English as a Second [...]
February 11, 2023 – Mission Breakfast
Pictured from L to R: Myreli Herrera, Elias Herrera, Myel Herrera, Myrna Herrera, Neizan Herrera, from the Home for Children, Reed Olson (RISE), Pastor Francisco Jimenez, and Julio Durazo from [...]
Four students are attending college in 2023 – 2024 school year thanks to RISE and your donations.
Pictured from L to R: Reed Olson - RISE; Carolina – Nursing; Antonio – Graphic Design; Myreli – Psychology; Edgar, Business; and Tony Laguna – RISE. In October, 2017 RISE [...]
Christmas Visit 2022
December 10, 2022 - Christmas Trip to the Home for Children Above is a group photo showing the children with their new “ESL” (English as a Second Language) instructor [...]
May 2022 Visit
Above is a group photo of our May trip to visit CVN and the children This was our first visit in over two years due to COVID restrictions. All the [...]
2021 Christmas
Although there was not an annual visit to the Home for Christmas, we were able to raise enough donations to provide presents to each child. Thank you all for your [...]
Two students are now in their second year of College
Thanks to your donations to RISE, these two students have graduated from high school and are now in their second year of college. And they are the Home's "role models" to [...]