Ditrie achieved her family’s goal. A single-mother of two energetic elementary school-aged boys, she wanted to have a place of their own, with a backyard where the boys could run, play and be safe. She enrolled in the Save Up program in May of 2015, and her journey with RISE began.
“I made this a family goal,” she said. “The kids knew from the beginning that we would have to change our spending habits to save money for our new home. It wasn’t hard because everybody was on the same page and we didn’t see it as a sacrifice.”
She credits RISE for teaching her to develop a working spending plan and learning what she needed to do to repair her credit. The family closed on their home on March 27, 2017. Since then, Ditrie has used her RISE funds to install a security door and ceiling fans throughout the house.
When you support the RISE Foundation you are helping to make dreams of homeownership into a reality for so many working families who have chosen to commit themselves to overcome the hurdles of low wages and undisciplined spending.
RISERS are resilient, just like Ditrie is today. She recently shared this message with the first cohort of 2018 participants at their March graduation. Our recent homeowner's survey results prove that the Save Up program is masterful at repositioning anyone who is committed to making wiser financial choices successful at saving, budgeting, securing and sustaining financial assets that propel their families towards self-sufficiency and financial empowerment.
Please make your tax deductible contribution to the RISE Foundation today and directly change the communities of Memphis family by family.
