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The Child Brides: Send Them To School Instead Girls in Rajasthan, India are often forced into early marriage. Convincing the community and better school infrastructure prevents this. Only 1 of every 100 girls in rural India is educated to grade 12 today. This leaves them unprepared for life & parenthood, and exposes them to health risks such as low inter-birth intervals, malnourishment, etc. Rise Up is partnering to rejuvenate existing government schools and convince parents to send girls to school. Girls' education fights malnutrition, reduces HIV and violence against women. Benefits include lower birth rates and increased literacy with increased family income. What’s On Your Plate? “What’s On Your Plate?” is a witty and provocative documentary produced and directed by award-winning Catherine Gund about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows two 11-year-old African-American city kids as they explore their place in the food chain. Sadie and Safiyah take a close look at food systems in New York City and its surrounding areas. With the camera as their companion, the girl guides talk to each other, food activists, farmers, new friends, storekeepers, their families, and the viewer, in their quest to understand what's on all of our plates. Orangewood Children’s Foundation, Orange, CA Rise Up Foundation has teamed up with Orangewood’s Early Childhood System of Care (ECSOC) to help make their developmental screening days for children more successful. RUF provides teddy bears to help the children feel at ease, tote bags so the caregivers can bring home all the valuable information being dispensed to them as well as bottled water and breakfast snacks. This is a valuable opportunity to learn about services available to the children. Someone Cares Soup Kitchen Costa Mesa, CA Someone Cares Soup Kitchen uses a corner of their dining room to run a tutoring program for local children from Pomona Elementary School. Rise Up provides monthly school supplies to enhance the learning environment for these children. Volunteers serve more than 300 hot meals daily with pancake breakfasts on the weekends. |
Generation One Generation One is a non-denominational ministry located in the Third Ward of Houston, Texas and is committed to the spiritual growth and physical rebuilding of the impoverished areas of the Third Ward. Generation One offices locally in order to better understand the needs of the community and organize the response of those who have a heart to serve and volunteer their prayers, talents, resources, and sweat to improving the quality of life in this historical part of Houston. Muzeo of Anaheim The MUZEO is Southern California's newest museum, a center for arts, knowledge, entertainment and culture. MUZEO engages people of all ages via the showcase of prestigious and world-class traveling exhibits. Rise Up Foundation is proud to sponsor exhibits, programming and arranging visits for underprivileged children. Families Forward, Irvine, CA Rise Up sponsors the Family Fun Nights for Families Forward; a nonprofit organization providing housing for families in crisis. Approximately 50 parents and children came together for a salad and pizza dinner in Irvine at a local church on December 20th. RU helps make these nights special by providing the meal, children's crafts and fun activities that allow the families a time of relaxation and comraderie. RU has participated in the Back-to-School Drive as well as the End Summer Hunger program. Serving People In Need (SPIN) Costa Mesa, CA Rise Up provides refreshments and supplies for the Workshops given for the families who are involved in this program. Families received Valentine's, a Valentine craft, and breakfast food for January's workshop. They will be learning about finances and taxes this month. SPIN has programs to help the homeless become self-sufficient again. |
Thomas House Temporary Shelter, Garden Grove, CA Thomas House provides families with children resources to remain together while empowering them to become self-sufficient. Rise Up provided 50 boxes of Valentine's cards for the children to exchange with their friends at school as well as special Valentine treat bags for all the children living at Thomas House. Beacon of Hope, Orange, CA Rise Up provides ongoing support to Beacon of Hope, a nonprofit with a passion to help at-risk youth, the poor and the underprivileged. We help provide the opportunity for local children to participate in after school programs. Our current project is helping to build, open, and stock a skateboard repair shop at Pyrophobia Park; their state of the art skate park located in Orange. Beverly’s House, Orange, CA Rise Up Foundation has provided ongoing support for Beverly's House; a nonprofit that provides transitional housing and support services for young women emancipated from foster care. We have participated in cleaning supply drives, toiletry gift bags for the girls as well as sponsoring the Annual Fundraising Spring Tea event. Women’s Transitional Living Center, Fullerton, CA Rise Up Foundation provides monthly birthday parties for the children currently living in this shelter. The first Wednesday of every month is a celebration for the ones whose birthdays fall in that month. RU brings treats, beverages, and a craft as well as a Rise Up tote bag filled with a teddy bear and small gifts to make each child feel extra special. Some of these children have never experienced a birthday party and the smile on their faces is priceless. |
