Christmas Visit December 9, 2024
Our Favorite Visit Trip of the Year! 24 people visited the Home for the annual Christmas trip. Elias, Director of the Home, gave an overview of the home. Reed [...]
November 21, 2024 – Valle Verde Rotary Club of Green Valley
Pictured L to R: Jim Rusk, Rotary; Reed Olson and Roger Fisher, RISE Thank You Valle Verde Rotary Club! The Valle Verde Rotary Club of Green Valley invited Reed to [...]
November 2, 2024 – RISE Board of Directors Visit:
The RISE Board of Directors visited The Home. After a talk on the importance of higher education (led by the 2 current sophomore college students), the directors called up [...]
Summer, 2024: Solar System Expansion
Double the Power To Meet CVN's Electrical Needs In August, a $40,000 check was presented to Casa Vida Nueva para Niños to help upgrade their solar system. The check [...]
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 [...]
January 27, 2024: Desert Hills Lutheran Church Foundation, Green Valley, AZ
Thank You Desert Hills Lutheran Church Foundation The Desert Hills Lutheran Foundation (DHLC) invited Reed to give a 5-minute presentation overview on RISE at its annual celebration breakfast which [...]
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 [...]