News & Events
Mr. Miyashiro
RYSE Street Outreach Lead Lee Miyashiro is famous. Well, outreach-famous. Besides having lived homeless experience on Oahu, Lee has been out at the beach parks, camps, and other areas of the island engaging and supporting our opportunity youth since before RYSE began....
RYSE Partners With Fund A Future
We are excited to announce a new partnership with non-profit organization Fund A Future, dedicated to assisting underprivileged children in order to improve their living conditions, health, and education. Fund A Future serves youth across the globe from the...
Carla Houser Honored With Pacific Business News’ Women Who Mean Business 2021 Award
Our fantastic Executive Director, Carla Houser, recently received Pacific Business News’ Women Who Mean Business 2021 Award. The WWMB awards are an event that celebrates the voices, accomplishments and impact of some of the most successful businesswomen in Hawaii from...
Meet Isaiah- We met him as a houseless youth. Now he’s a young man with a career and home
Meet Isaiah, a former RYSE resident who has moved from living on the beach, to staying at RYSE, to enjoying stable housing and full-time employment in Honolulu. Isaiah has found his place in the world, and you can see how much he has grown. Click here to watch the...
Once Houseless, Now She’s The Shelter Site Coordinator
Meet Charisse, who has gone from living at the beach park to living in her own apartment and working full-time at RYSE. She started working with us as a Youth Care Counselor and has risen to become the Shelter Site Coordinator for the Kawailoa RYSE Campus. Mahalo to...
RYSE and MCO project Featured on Hawaii News Now
RYSE partnered with Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Hale Kipa, Waikiki Health/ Youth Outreach!, and ALEA Bridge/ Achieve Zero to launch the Mobile Crisis Outreach (MCO) project, which stemmed from the Partners In Care Oahu Coordinated Community Plan To End...
Should A Pilot Program To Expand Homeless Services In Hawaii Be Extended?
RYSE was recently featured in a Honolulu CivilBeat article by Cassie Ordonio, Should A Pilot Program To Expand Homeless Services In Hawaii Be Extended?“Our biggest stresses were coming from our successes,” Executive Director Carla Houser said. “More young people knew...
From Living In Her Car To Moving In To Her First Apartment
Adri was at a low point, and living out of her car. Her friend told her about RYSE's shelter and programs. She flipped a coin- Heads and she would call Lee, RYSE's lead outreach worker. Tails, she would not. The coin landed on Heads and the rest is history. See Adri's...
September #GiveAloha Drive at Foodland! Use code 78929 at checkout
All September long, use your Foodland Maikaʻi Card to make a donation to RYSE using code 78929. Foodland will match a portion of all contributions! Mahalo!
Free COVID Testing and Vaccinations with Project Vision Hawaii
We have partnered with Project Vision Hawaii to offer free COVID testing and vaccinations on campus as well as where you are. Call 808-498-5180 to schedule your appointment.