Goal Card Program

RISE staff, volunteers and mentors are teaching today's students to become goal setting, money saving, future leaders.

Rubbing elbows with the brave hearted men and women of the Memphis Fire Department, doesn’t happen every day; but for these lucky young ladies, it did. 

In an effort to expose young ladies to the various careers within the Memphis Fire Department (MFD), the RISE Foundation collaborated with RedZone Ministries and one of our Goal Card Schools to recruit young ladies for the 2^nd Annual HERo DAY. During the day the young ladies had an opportunity to climb a 30-foot aerial ladder, rappel over the edge of a five-story building, suit up in protective fire gear, as well as engage in a training for hands only CPR.

And in doing so, this amazing opportunity allowed our ladies to get a hands on glimpse of a career which they could possibly pursue. A career that could be obtained immediately following high school. An opportunity to engage in an eye opening experience, the RISE's Goal Card scholars. These ladies they were able to see, engage, as well as explore by asking questions to individuals that looked like them. Director Gina Sweat, could not have said it better, “Anything they can see, they can be.”  HERo DAY was an opportunity for exposure and learning, and that mission was a success.

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