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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Give a Kid a Book” Trip March 23, 2019
Sponsored by Desert Hills Lutheran Church, Green Valley, AZ This trip was special! 30 people witnessed the joy each child had when they received their very own, hard cover book [...]
Christmas 2018 Visit Trip
Wow! What a trip - best ever! December 8, 2018 Christmas Trip to the Home for Children Santa calls up each child to give them their gift. [...]
October 2018 Visit
Everyone loves going on the CVN visit Trips. Its hard to tell from the pictures below who had a better time...The adults or the Children