Category: Corporate Social Responsibility
TWR takes 75 foster youth to Disneyland & Kohl’s builds Sweet Cases!
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYTogether We Rise knows how to do birthday bashes right! Birthday Boy Danny Mendoza, founder of Together We Rise, recently faced a very peculiar quandary compared to most young adults in preparation for his birthday- to bike or go to Anaheim, CA- Disney. TWR asked our Facebook supporters and their diplomatic votes expressed their near consensus in taking 75 children to… Continue reading TWR takes 75 foster youth to Disneyland & Kohl’s builds Sweet Cases!
Target Builds Sweet Cases for Foster Youth
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYWhat do grown-ups and pillow pets have in common? Not much, except that sometimes the grown-ups come to our Brea, CA office here at TWR and help put these stuffed animals in their new hand-drawn homes, Sweet Cases! Last week, Together We Rise partnered with 15 of Target’s Corporate Interns to assemble and decorate 25 Sweet… Continue reading Target Builds Sweet Cases for Foster Youth
Volunteer with Foster Youth: JetBlue Sweet Cases
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYWith TWR’s help, JetBlue employees in Salt Lake City, Utah assembled 225 Sweet Cases in a totally unique way. Teams played games to win specific items, like pillow pets, crayons and hygiene kits. After collecting items, they carried them around in trash bags to mirror a typical foster child’s experience. Most states provide only a… Continue reading Volunteer with Foster Youth: JetBlue Sweet Cases
NFL Players Volunteering to Help Kids and Teaches Them Football
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYHut, hut, hike! This weekend, TWR teamed up with NFL’s, New York Giants player, Terrell Thomas to raise money for local foster kids. Terrell, along with Keith Rivers (NY Giants), Orlando Scandrick (Dallas Cowboys), and William Blackmon (Seattle Seahawks) ran a football camp to teach young athletes drills while incorporating the power of teamwork and… Continue reading NFL Players Volunteering to Help Kids and Teaches Them Football
Tutus for Tots – Providing New Dresses & Shoes to Foster Youth
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYBringing the Magic to the Girls How do we help foster kids? Every girl deserves to be treated like a princess. It was a fairytale kind of day at the Together We Rise office in Brea, CA on Saturday, February 2, 2013. The night before, elves, fairies, and mice worked hard to turn the TWR office… Continue reading Tutus for Tots – Providing New Dresses & Shoes to Foster Youth
Every Child’s Dream Founder Donates 500+ Pillow Pets and Care Packages for Foster Youth
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYTasha-Nichole Terani has devoted her life to being a strong voice for those who have none. Her birth mother abandoned her in a dark alley of Tehran. She then spent the next two years of her life in an overcrowded understaffed orphanage, hoping for care packages for foster youth to come. She spent her early… Continue reading Every Child’s Dream Founder Donates 500+ Pillow Pets and Care Packages for Foster Youth
Together We Rise is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of motivated young adults and former foster youth. Our vision is to improve the lives of children in foster care, who often find themselves forgotten and neglected by the public. We collaborate with individuals, companies, and community partners to bring resources to foster youth and use service-learning activities to educate volunteers on issues surrounding the foster care system.
TWR works with hundreds of foster agencies, social workers, CASA advocates, and other partners to bring our programs to foster youth across the nation. Our foundation has allowed us to provide thousands of foster youth across the country with new bicycles, college supplies, and sweet cases so that children do not have to travel from home to home with their belongings in a trash bag.
