RISE stands for Rebel Impact through Service and Engagement. RISE is a semester-long service-learning project sponsored by Youth Leadership Vestavia Hills. RISE consists of countless opportunities for students including 300 committee positions that plan and execute community-wide events. In addition, over half the student body participates on RISE teams throughout the semester to raise funds and create awareness through service.
Since the program’s founding in 2018, VHHS students have rallied the community around worthy causes such as UAB’s Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology and Oncofertility Program, raising more than $1.4 million over the past seven years, including $216,870 in 2024–2025 alone.
This year, VHHS RISE has over 250 dedicated committee members and 1,328 students involved.
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