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living support services, " DePoint
says. " Four years later, she bought
her own home, had a great job and
her son and niece were in college. "
This is just one example of the
thousands of lives touched by the
work of the Tollefsons over the
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The Tollefson's efforts did not go
unnoticed. On April 17, 2011 Rise
presented the couple with a Lifetime
Legacy Award. " We wanted to
honor the work Chet and Gladys
put in to get Rise started. We
wanted to recognize their profound
" Today I am a man. I have a job! " The confi dence
Loring felt from having a job enabled him to move
into an apartment, allowing him to live more
independently. Many others who found work
through Rise mirrored Loring's success. While
Loring passed away in 2002, his memory lives on
through every person who receives help from Rise.
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Rise wanted to help more than just people with
disabilities, so by 1996, the company expanded its
reach to include people within the welfare system
or refugees who needed support. " The goal of
Rise was to provide employment or housing for
a person who needed it, not just to serve people
with intellectual or developmental disabilities, "
says Rise President John Barrett. " Our ultimate
goal was to move those people into the community
to be as independent as possible. " By expanding
their mission, Rise has provided training, jobs and
housing for about 22,000 Minnesotans with a
range of disabilities and barriers.
Beth DePoint, director of public relations at
Rise, has plenty of success stories from her 34
years at the company. She recalls a woman living
with four kids and a niece in a battered woman's
shelter. " She went through our housing programs;
we gave her transitional housing and independent
impact on this agency, " DePoint says. " Look
at the number of lives that have been changed
because Chet and
Gladys wanted
something better
for their son and
were willing to
go through all
the hard work
to get something
started. "
The Tollefsons
are modest
about their
achievements. " We're all put here
to do something, " Chet says. " We
thought Rise was a good idea, and it
has worked out well. "
Gladys echoes the
sentiment. " We are just
very thankful that things
have gone so well and the
cooperation that we had
to keep it going, " she
says. " It's amazing how
many people are willing
to step in and help when
there's help needed. "
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