Congratulations to Maggie Vogel, the recipient of the March Staff on the Rise recognition. Maggie has been the senior counselor at Edgewood House since she started with RISE in March 2020. Ian Vonie, Edgewood House Program Director, believes Maggie is very well suited for her role as senior counselor and says, “Maggie is a dedicated… Read More
Milestone Manor is one of the four RISE Community Residences. RISE Community Residences provide residential support services to adults with mental health diagnoses and other life challenges. The items on the wish list will help to facilitate the important work that the staff at Milestone Manor are doing to enrich the lives of others. The trauma-informed, person-centered… Read More
Kindness is choosing to do something that helps others, motivated by genuine warm feelings. Kindness, or doing good, often means putting other people’s needs before our own. Several studies have shown that showing kindness to others can benefit our own mental health and wellbeing. In fact, the research has shown that kindness and mental health are deeply connected.… Read More
Thank you Supervisor Tara Gaston and Dillon Moran, Commissioner of Accounts for the supply of At-Home COVID Testing Kits. The testing kits will help us keep the staff and residents in our community residences and our apartment programs safe. We appreciate the donation. Tara Gaston is the Saratoga County Supervisor for the City… Read More
Hobbies, personal interests, a job, and being engaged in the community are essential to stable mental health and personal well-being. The RISE supportive housing program, Supported Housing, provides the individuals in our program the peace of mind they need to pursue their interests and hobbies, volunteer, work part-time, or otherwise become actively involved in the… Read More
Having made it through the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly COVID-free, RISE Community Residence (CR ) Staff was prepared to enter 2022 with a sense of victory over the virus that has derailed life as we know it across the USA – and the world. Unfortunately, when the new and highly transmissible… Read More
The 2022 theme for Black History Month in the US is “Black Health and Wellness,” highlighting the legacy of black scholars and medical practitioners while also taking a look at how American healthcare has often underserved the black community. Black Health and Wellness not only includes one’s physical body, but also emotional and mental health. In… Read More
Please join us in congratulating the February Recognition Recipients! Rise to the Extra Mile Recognition The Rise to the Extra Mile Recognition is given to highly motivated individuals who go that extra mile in their job. Rise to the Extra Mile honorees get to park in a designated parking space at the RISE administration office.… Read More
“I look forward to learning, growing, and doing well in my new position so that I can helped those we serve be successful in meeting their goals and living safely in our community.” Congratulations to Katrina Sherman, the recipient of the February Staff on the Rise recognition. Katrina was promoted to Program Supervisor at Rain House… Read More
Hedgerow House would like to thank the staff at Healing Springs for their extraordinary to help keep the individuals in recovery in our programs motivated throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, especially when other treatment recourses in our community were closed to in-person participation. Ben Deeb (on the right), the Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) supervisor, came… Read More
