Dabo's All in Team Foundation

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Article Published 6/3/2014

All In Team Foundation Donates $25,000 to Rise Program

 

The purpose of the Rise Program is to provide exemplary services based on recommended practices to young children with diverse abilities and their families.

Coach Gene Stallings, whose late son John Mark had Downs syndrome, has been instrumental in the start of the program in Tuscaloosa and growth to other college campuses.

The RISE program, a part of the UA College of Human Environmental Sciences, serves children with disabilities and their typically developing peers, from ages 8 weeks to 5 years. The children are divided by age among six classes, each with 16 students, one teacher and three assistants. The school's mission is the same as the University's — teaching, service and research. The integrated preschool program not only benefits families in the community, it serves as a practicum and internship site for students from UA and other colleges.

Martha Cook Rise School Director, "We are so grateful for the support from Dabo, Kathleen and their Foundation. Their support goes a long way towards making sure all the students can attend cost-free, lifting a large burden off their parents and care-givers."

Coach Stallings and the late John Mark

 

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