Holidays at Rising Above Ministries
Thanksgiving 2020
We knew this Thanksgiving had the potential to be even more isolating than usual for our families with special needs. Rising Above was able to offer a Thanksgiving Zoom dessert gathering.
We had 8 families from Tennessee, Arizona, Massachusetts, New York and Costa Rica participate. Each family took turns talking about what they are grateful this year.
Many of these families were isolated from their families on Thanksgiving Day so being able to offer this allowed families to not be alone on that day. It was beautiful to see true community flourish on this special day.
Cookeville Christmas Road Trip
We invited our local families to participate in a drive-thru Christmas event. We had local partners and supporters host drive-thru locations all over town. At each location, the family would receive either a treat or gift. We had 50 families/cars participate! It was a super fun night for our friends with special needs and their families.
We want to thank each of our partners for their participation and amazing willingness to go with our crazy idea!
Christmas Family Fun Night
What a fun night! We were able to host an online family fun night where families from all over the world were able to sit together in their own living rooms and have fun celebrating Christmas with other families just like theirs!
We had trivia, dance breaks, the Christmas story, and even had Santa stop by! We had almost 70 families participate with us!
