The Art of Housing: A Blog

June 2024 Staff Recognitions

Please join us in congratulating the June 2024 Recognition Recipients! Executive Director’s Recognition The Executive Director’s Recognition is given to individuals who’s insight, efforts, and innovation elevate their program. Congratulations to Audrey Rudd, Shelter Advocate, as the June Executive Director’s Recognition recipient. Audrey has been instrumental in three different client medical emergencies at the Adelphi… Read More

Congratulations to Kayana Webster: June Staff on the Rise

Please join us in congratulating Kayana Webster, Rain House Program Supervisor, as the June Staff on the Rise Recognition recipient and for her recent promotion to program supervisor. Kayana possesses all the qualities of a Staff on the Rise: an exemplary work ethic, excelling on the job, being a team player, and going above and… Read More

Adelphi Street Shelter First Anniversary

RISE is celebrating a year of success at the Adelphi Street Shelter in Saratoga! The Adelphi Street Shelter would not be possible without the community support provided by Sonny and Julie Bonacio and Meg Kelly of Bonacio Development and the City of Saratoga Springs. Their initial assistance to secure funding for RISE’s HOMEBASE project was… Read More

Totally 80’s Annual Summer Retreat

Every summer RISE staff get together to socialize, relax, and to get to know staff members from other programs that they don’t see during the normal course of business. This year our staff enjoyed a very fun and festive “Totally 80’s” picnic at our Annual Summer Retreat!

RISE Celebrates Inclusivity

At RISE we seek to create a welcoming, inclusive environment for both our staff and our residents to be who they are and give them opportunities to succeed based on their abilities.

Renee: How Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Turned Her Life Around

After a year and a half on AOT, Renee  is successfully regaining the independence she lost when she experienced an increase in her mental health symptoms. She is working towards obtaining her own apartment in the community and she has hopes of becoming a certified peer counselor so that she can help others like her succeed.… Read More

Celebrating World Hunger Day

The Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs celebrated World Hunger Day by making a donation of breakfast and snack items to the Adelphi Street Shelter. Kevin Tuohy, General Manager, says, “RISE is a wonderful organization with the most important mission there could possibly be. When it comes to hunger, I always think of Jacques Diouf’s quote: ‘Hunger… Read More

Spotlight on Timothy

Each month RISE recognizes an individual in one of our programs who has made exceptional progress towards meeting their goals. This month our spotlight is on Timothy. In the RISE Community Residences, our staff work with the residents on setting and attaining short and long-term goals directed toward more independent living. One of the residents, Timothy, has… Read More

Create Studios Pictures in Health Exhibition

Sybil Newell, RISE Executive Director, and Lindsey Connors, RISE Associate Executive Director, joined Julie Lewis, Create Studios Saratoga Director, at Create Studios Saratoga for the lovely opening reception for the Saratoga Pictures in Health exhibition in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month at Create Studios in Saratoga Springs. The exhibit features artwork by community members… Read More

Addressing the Obstacles to Ending Homelessness

RISE is a member of the Saratoga-North Country Continuum of Care – a collation of community partners working together to end homelessness. In this Video clip, representatives from these agencies, including Lindsey Connors, RISE Associate Executive Director, and Maggie Fonk, Wellspring Saratoga Executive Director, address the obstacles and concerns that the Continuum faces in our… Read More