This year’s Excellence in Leadership awardees were honored at a Rise managers’ retreat in December. They were nominated by their fellow co-workers who had to say this about them:
Kim Sorenson (left), program supervisor for Rise’s Adult Day Program – New Brighton, has proven to be a true leader among the
Rise and HOM Furniture in Coon Rapids have enjoyed “a partnership that works!” for many years.
At a recent annual awards ceremony, Operations Personnel Manager Dan Lentz acknowledged the individual and collective contributions people from Rise have made in HOM’s recycling of furniture packaging materials. Dan noted that in 2019,
Rise and the Twin Cities community lost an honorable colleague and friend with the passing of Truc Pham who died January 15 at the age of 65.
Since 1996, Truc was the director of Rise’s welfare-to-work programs which served primarily refugees and immigrants resettling in the Twin Cities area.
Truc
MEC Program Supervisor Austin Beatty was named the 2019 Job Placement Professional of the Year by the Minnesota Rehabilitation Association (MRA) Job Placement Division (JPD) at their annual conference.
In his nomination, it was said that: “Austin is truly an outstanding job placement professional. He demonstrates passion and dedication to
Rise lost a dear friend and supporter when former Board member Elaine Voss passed away December 21 at 83. She served on Rise’s Board for nearly 20 years, including a term as president.
During her years with Rise in the 1980s and ‘90s, Elaine helped lead the agency through some
Oh, what a night!
More than 450 community partners, family, friends, Rise team members, and people we support attended the 8th Annual Celebrate Rise Fundraising Gala. It was held October 21 at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest in Brooklyn Park and was a festive evening of great food, fun and games,
You can’t help but slow down and take a nice, long look at the new piece of art adorning the whole north wall of the New Brighton Community Center located on N.W. 10th Street just off I-694. It’s colorful, whimsical, and beautiful!
The City of New Brighton was awarded a
Having worked a range of temp jobs over the past several years, and being on supervised release for 25 years following his incarceration, it was difficult for Lars to find a good job. But with career development, job placement, and follow-up support from Rise Employment Consultant Cassie Anderson, Lars has
By Shannon Widstrom, Volunteer & Recruitment Coordinator
Having been a member of Rise’s board for the past five years, Rachael Smith prides herself on being the “voice of the people.”
Back in 2015, Rachael’s Special Olympics golf coach was aware that Rise wanted to add to their volunteer board of
It is an alarming statistic: People with intellectual disabilities are sexually assaulted at a rate of seven times higher than those without disabilities. Studies show that 83 percent of women and 32 percent of men are sexual assault victims at some time in their lives.
Our culture often doesn’t acknowledge