Rise Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Serving Others
The Minnesota nonprofit reached 35,000 people served in this milestone year
Rise, a Minnesota nonprofit that opens doors to success for people with disabilities and adults who face barriers in the community, is proud to celebrate our 50th anniversary this month. Today, Rise
A new partnership between Rise’s Minnesota Employment Center (MEC) and ThinkSelf will expand services for Minnesota’s Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing communities.
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The Minnesota Employment Center supports hundreds of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing people as they discover
Cummins team members recently hosted a virtual trip and educational travel presentation. People learned about Canada and Maine during the session. We are grateful to Cummins for their Rise Partnership.
Rise welcomed eight spring interns in January. College students from universities across Minnesota and Wisconsin went from virtual classrooms to remote offices for hands-on work experience in human resources, communications, event planning, grants and fundraising and video production. Learn more about our interns:
Paige Cihunka returned to Rise as a
Rise Nurse Care Coordinator Kelly Robinson was recently presented with The DAISY Team Award by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Robinson is the founder of the Minnesota chapter of Black Nurses Rock, a group that provided valuable medical expertise and assistance with COVID-19 testing, PPE and vaccines during the past year.
by Nicole Conti
Rise reached a huge milestone April 14. After more than a year of planning, we completed a large technology update, modernizing payroll, hiring, benefits, timecard functions and more for all 350 Rise employees.
Our new Paylocity software represents a leap in the work we are doing behind
by Jillian McNett
Pay an afternoon visit to Rise Cottage Grove and find a room full of activity. People are tapping their feet to music, lunging legs, and
circling arms with Rise team members. These fun health and wellness workouts are streamed online from Spirit Club, a community of certified
Expressing oneself through art has been not only fun, but therapeutic for many people during the pandemic.
Rise Art Therapist Stacy Gross has found creative ways to enable people who are both receiving services at a Rise location as well as remotely from home to continue with their artistic endeavors.
Adirirow Ojulu may be a man of few words, but he knows how to pick the right radio station to keep his team members from Rise Oakdale humming while they work at HIPERFIRE in Vadnais Heights. Today it’s country music which lifts everyone spirits on this bitter cold Minnesota winter
Outside the temperature hovered around zero, but inside, it was nice and warm and smelled like a tropical garden with fresh cuts, arrangements, bouquets, and plants throughout the expansive distribution site.
Hoping to one day have a career in the floral industry, Angela Yang was excited to get valuable hands-on