RISE seeks to increase the ability of every child to do well in school and later in life.

R.I.S.E. (Read, Imagine, Share & Explore)
Free literacy and learning program for at-risk preschoolers

Available in the Denver Metro Area Only
Not available in Colorado Springs

It's hard to imagine a toddler falling asleep without a bedtime story or a child living in a place without books to look at and touch. In an ideal world, every toddler would experience books and reading and be ready to start school.

Since 1992, we have been helping organizations give underprivileged toddlers a chance at literacy. R.I.S.E. is a free language and literacy program that supplements preschool curriculum through books, music, art and movement.

R.I.S.E. specializes in augmenting preschool programs that do not have access to literary services and where children are less likely to be exposed to reading or story time. Every week, R.I.S.E is offered at four inner city public housing locations. The Bridge Project is an afterschool program at Westwood, Columbine, South Lincoln, and Quigg Newton. R.I.S.E. is available at Renaissance Children's Center which falls under the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. R.I.S.E. is also at Elm Park and Hidden Brook which are run by Hope Communities, as well as Warren Village, a childcare and early education center for children of low-income, single parents.

With your help, we can expand our locations to include home-based childcare centers - because those children need us too.

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Preschoolers from Warren Village