Christmas Visit – December 2025
Celebrating Joy With The Children On December 13th, The RISE Board of Directors escorted 26 people to Casa Vida Nueva para Niños, for its annual Christmas trip. The people [...]
November 2025 Presentations
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. [...]
October 2025 English as a Second Language (ESL)
The home finally hired an English teacher to come in twice per week to teach English at three different levels: elementary, junior high / high school, and university. RISE will pay for [...]
August 2025 Valley Presbyterian Church Talk
Reed Olson presented a brief – one minute- overview of RISE to the congregation of Valley Presbyterian Church during its Sunday Service. Followed by a special donation Sunday for the [...]
June 2025 RISE receives an upgrade:
RISE has earned the Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency from GuideStar – its highest award for non-profits. GuideStar is the world’s largest source of information on nonprofit organizations. GuideStar provides [...]
May 2025 RISE Presentation:
RISE Board of Directors presented RISE at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church Women’s Breakfast. About 60 women attended this event.
March 2025 High School Visit:
RISE Board of Directors visited the high school the children attend in Nogales, Sonora, MX. They met with the children attending to show support for the goal of achieving higher [...]
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 [...]