Archive for the ‘Corporate’ Category
Friends of Brad Updegrove Celebration, Saturday, February 18, 2012, 7:00 pm. For more information and to receive an E-Invite please send email to party4brad@gmail.com
Bradley J. Updegrove (March 19, 1966 – December 26, 2011) Bradley J. Updegrove, 45, of Deer Park, WA, formerly of Newfane, NY entered into rest on December 26, 2011 in a single vehicle accident. Brad and his wife Traci have made their loving home in Deer Park, WA since the fall of 2008. Brad was [...]
How to support RISE Adventures without spending a dime out of your pocket! Please read this Blog from our CEO, Paul Gray!
I am proud to announce that C & R Medical Supplies continued their valued sponsorship for 2012. Randy Smith/Owner clearly understands the RISE Mission and is fully committed to our short and long term goals. C & R’s financial commitment allowed RISE to not only hire our first two full time employees and fund our [...]
Welcome Chris Goad/RISE Director of Development!
Dear Team RISE, I am honored to have the opportunity to serve RISE Adventures as the new Director of Development. RISE is on the verge of significant growth, and I am looking forward to the challenge of establishing a sponsorship and fundraising strategy to help facilitate the expansion of current programs and establishing new ones. [...]
RISE Adventures Announces 2012 Partners!
Paralympic Sports Club, http://usparalympics.org/ Paralympic Sport North Texas, A Program of RISE Adventures U.S. Paralympics is partnering with community organizations from across the country to create a network of Paralympic Sport Clubs. Paralympic Sport Clubs are community-based programs developed to involve youth and adults with physical and visual disabilities in sports and physical activity, regardless [...]
RISE Adventures is listed with these National Organizations!
NCPAD The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability, usually abbreviated NCPAD, is an information center concerned with physical activity and disability. It’s a part of the Department of Disability and Human Development in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It is supported by a grant from the [...]
RISE Corporate Office will be closed January 5-15th, 2012.
Programs are still operating so check the RISE Calendar on our website, www.riseadentures.org
RISE is now accepting applications for additional positions on our Board of Directors.
Would you like to serve RISE at a higher capacity in strategic planning and oversight of everything we do? If so, please fill out the application along with your biographical introduction and email it to Andy Burton/RISE Board Secretary. The board will review the application and if accepted will facilitate an in person interview. The [...]
RISE Featured in the BNSF Railway Technology Services HITS Newsletter
Ken Freed has been one of RISE’s most active new volunteers, and helps out anyway he can. He also works for Burlington Northern Railroad which has a newsletter called BNSF Railway Technology Services HITS magazine. HITS – “Happenings In Technology Services. Which he was able to get RISE featured in(Pictures Below). For us at RISE [...]
RISE Adventures, Inc. 2012 Sponsor/Partner Opportunities Brochure is NOW AVAILABLE!
Corporate Sponsor/Partner relationships with RISE Adventures can benefit your business both internally and externally. Not only is it the right thing to do, it increases name-recognition and brand awareness building a reservoir or community good will. All sponsor levels are open for 2012! To learn more or to receive your brochure via email or hard [...]
RISE joins Get Up and Give North Texas Giving Day!
For the first time in the history of RISE Adventures we are asking YOU to help us by spreading the following message. We need YOUR help to raise funds so that our programs continue to expand and provide quality adaptive recreational sports to the North Texas disability community. Our programs exploded in 2011. Every aspect [...]
C&R Medical Donates a walker, Thank You from Jason
Randy, Thank you for the new walker from C & R Medical, I really like it. It is so much better than my old one. I have already used it to play baseball, walk the dog and go to a pottery place where we made cool stuff. We have nice cool weather up here in [...]
MDA and Children’s Medical Center 3rd Annual Knowledge to Success
It’s that time of year again when the Muscular Dystrophy Association pairs up with Children’s Medical Center in Dallas to present a day of opportunity to young adults living with neuromuscular diseases! RISE will have a booth and some equipment on display. When: Saturday, August 20, 2011 Where: Children’s Medical Center- Dallas Time: 10:00 am [...]
Camp TLC Load-up
I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to help load up campers attending Camp TLC and follow them as they road on buses to Camp John Marc. For many kids, it was their very first time time to attend camp, and you could see it in their tears and nervous smiles as they said [...]
Kickin’ Off Summer Bash II Recap
Thank You making the RISE 2nd Annual Kickin’ Off Summer Bash a huge success! The event was held May 7, 2011 at Meadowmere Park, Grapevine, Texas. RISE was blessed with a beautiful day of weather this year. Attendance grew over 30% from the first event. A final Registration Board Committee Audit,conducted by Alli Jordan and [...]
RISE is now on Twitter
Yep you read that right … we’re now on Twitter so we can provide you with 140 character live updates! We’ll be using this social media service in a variety of ways but it will mainly be used to inform participants of program updates. We’ll also be posting pictures live from program locations! So follow [...]
My first Rangers game and they won!
What a game! The Rangers had already clinched their opportunity to play in the post season but that didn’t stop them from rallying late in the game to defeat the Mariners. Man it was a fun game! I’d never been to a Rangers game before but I was absolutely impressed with the accessibility of the [...]
North Texas Perspective Radio Show KSCS 96.3
RISE Outreach Director Mike Peters was interviewed by Hondo of North Texas Perspective on KSCS 96.3 The Texas Original. The show aired early one Sunday morning a few weeks back so we decided to upload it here.
Vote for RISE Adventures in the Chase Community Giving Grant on Facebook
Click on the link below to vote for RISE Adventures on the Chase Community Giving on Facebook. Its easy, just sign up and vote! The top 200 voted charities will receive $5,000 or more.
Introducing the new RISE Program Director, Stephanie Bowerman
After a long search for a salaried RISE Program Director, we are honored to welcome Stephanie Bowerman to the TEAM RISE staff! Stephanie volunteered for numerous programs in 2008 into 2009. Her duties are to work with each specific program in creating continuity with each director. She has oversight on all RISE programs.
