It was a big weekend at Rising Ground! RG's Preventive Services program hosted a community barbecue and backpack drive in the Bronx, and New York delivered! Over 700 backpacks were collected and donated this year, doubling 2017's efforts, and putting plenty of smiles on the faces of bright and energetic children. The community's generosity didn't stop there. Rising Ground reports that a record number of school supplies were donated as well! Companies like Hall Capital, Oath/

When Margaret Prisinzano learned her students wanted to look great at their prom but lacked the financial resources to do so, the veteran educator sprung into action, in what can only be described as a modern-day fairytale. Prisinzano’s students at a special Bronx Urban Community School program run by Rising Ground, New York's fastest-growing social service organization, are among the city’s most in need—living in homeless shelters or in deep poverty. Their families can’t aff