Project RISE... be awesome

Awesome experience at the Iowa Alternative Ed conference presenting about our program today. We even got to see Mr Betts get inducted into the Hall of Fame! #todayisagooddaytochangelives #riseup #beawesome @jdeancc @kretter81 @danocaffrey

We’re so proud to be included in this every semester. It’s an amazing experience for everyone involved. #RiseUp globegazette.com/news/local/edu…

One of our program’s pioneers came back today to talk with Mrs. Sickman’s 7th grade exploratory class about overcoming obstacles. Thanks for being awesome Katie! #StillMakingADifference @kretter81

Our student leadership team came in on their day off today to show a couple members of the Salvation Army & accept their generous donation. We also went through the clothing side of our closet & installed our new shelving! We’re still organizing, but it is looking so much better!

Thank you to the ladies of Trinity United Methodist Church for inviting us to come talk with them about the importance of our student food pantry program. #makingadifference

We received the final installment of $967.45 from the grant that Jodi Hammond-Milleson wrote us in! Thank you to Ryan Lindahl, Lecturing Knight, for presenting it to us & asking for a tour. Glad to show you around. Thanks to the Elks & all their members for their support!

This group of Project RISE leaders set the record for amount of food packed in a shift. 7 full pallets. The old record was 6. That equals 1,224 food bags packed! #makeadifference

We are thankful we get to be @ school, we are thankful we get to be leaders, & we are thankful we get to serve our community. Some of student leaders w/ our Student Food Pantry program packed & delivered food to a few of our school families to get them thru Thanksgiving break.

We got our first load of food from the Northeast Iowa Food Bank today! Since school started in August, 456.97 lbs of food has been used by our Charles City Comet families. Please keep donating to our program by utilizing our drop boxes around town!

Thank you to one of our leaders Sadie Gebel and @CCCometVB for their efforts with our food drive at their game last night. You guys are awesome!!!

2. We were also selected as a recipient of a $750 grant from IAAE so that we can continue to provide enhanced opportunities for students thru our closet/student food pantry program. Thank you to the board of the IAAE for recognizing the difference our student leaders are making.

We got 2 huge pieces of news today!! 1. We want to give a huge shout out to Mr. Dean. He was elected President of the Iowa Association of Alternative Educators. No one cares more about students than Mr. Dean. Congrats from Project RISE & the entire Success Center Family!!!

Awesome story by KAAL today about what our program’s student leaders are doing to improve our culture and climate by fighting hunger at the middle school and high school. #Leaders KAALtv.com/iowa-news/pant…

Awesome day with UNI student teachers helping them become better future teachers. We were vulnerable and open. It’s always an emotional day for everyone involved. #SuccessCenterFamily

Great day organized by students sharing our story with our friends from the Charles Chamber of Commerce! #TogetherWeRise kimt.com/content/video/…

@danocaffrey @kretter81 @BrianBohlen @jdeancc @MamaDLynch @CCityEdLeader

Our new student food pantry cabinets are finally in, set up and stocked!!! They look awesome. Special thanks to Charles City Buildings & Grounds for all their help getting them set up. It’s been a team effort from start to finish! #MakingADifference #CharlesCityFamily

AMAZED! We were happy to receive a call from Hyvee letting our team know that their bins were overflowing! We are so grateful for such a generous community, thank you all for being awesome!

As thanksgiving approaches we would like to share what we are all thankful for! We are thankful for our amazing community for all of the donations that we are receiving, our supportive administration and CC family, and most importantly all of the students and families involved!!