For most of the close to 3,500 people Rise serves each year in its employment, housing supports, and life enrichment programs, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had a profound affect on nearly every aspect of their lives. Rise joins millions of Americans this year in celebrating the ADA’s
Outstanding Rise DSPs also nominated for MOHR award
We were all certainly excited when DSP Katie Whiteford was awarded MOHR’s 2020 Direct Support Professional of the Year for the Twin Cities metro area! But Rise had also nominated three other OUTSTANDING people for consideration for this prestigious statewide honor. While they didn’t win this year, they are TRULY
Katie Whiteford honored with state DSP of the Year award
Rise President/CEO Lynn Noren and other team members pulled off a big surprise for Katie Whiteford in July when they presented her with the Minnesota Organization for Habilitation and Rehabilitation (MOHR)’s 2020 Direct Support Professional award for employment services in the Twin Cities metro area.
Due to the pandemic, MOHR
And Rise New Richmond is up and running!
After a great deal of time and preparation to figure out who was ready to come back to work and how many people Rise New Richmond could safely accommodate, Case Manager Katie McNamara is happy to report that Rise New Richmond is open for business and is off to a
Rise Anoka team provides modified Day Training & Habilitation services
It was hot and steamy outside in the Minnesota sunshine, but inside Rise Anoka, it was a great day for people to enjoy being back together and engaged in entertaining activities with others.
DSP Diann Polzin was leading a modified yoga class with three people who took turns selecting the
People excited to be back to work at Rise Spring Lake Park
What day is better or more fun than Christmas or your birthday? If you ask people at Rise Spring Lake Park, they might answer: “The day I got to go back to work!”
Starting June 15, people started coming back to Rise Spring Lake Park to work a three-hour shift
Minnesota Microgrant Partnership helps Tom hone skills
With his goal of someday soon working competitively in a community business, Tom Erickson was excited when he recently applied for and was awarded $200 from the Minnesota Microgrant Partnership to purchase cleaning supplies to help him continue honing his skills during the pandemic.
Tom, who is Deaf and communicates
We remember Jody as a great guy with a big heart
Rise team members and co-workers were saddened by Jody’s recent death.
Jody had been receiving Day Training and Habilitation services from Rise since 2003 and most recently worked hard at many job sites in the community.
Jody was an outgoing, chatty, hard-working guy whom everyone loved being around. His co-workers remember
Rise partners with SSA and Westat to study benefits of additional supports
Despite having dealt with numerous significant health issues since being diagnosed with severe hearing loss at age three, Madonna Wagner was motivated to work instead of applying for Social Security Disability benefits.
A medical assistant who worked primarily in pediatric and geriatric clinics for most of her career, the last
Kari was an inspiring woman who expressed herself through art
Rise team members and people we serve were deeply saddened by the recent death of Kari Wagner, who worked as a data entry clerk at Rise Crystal. She passed away May 13 at the age of 44.
Kari was a gracious woman who had a deep and abiding faith, worked