When community do-gooder, Ron Aughtmon, speaks of Melissa Close Farmer, words like, ‘hero’, ‘fighter’, ‘determination’ are spoken. Melissa, a volunteer firefighter and EMT in the

By: Hope Rises Ambassador, Vilona Trachtenberg The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed down many activities, but the beat went on for dozens of people in

Eight-year-old Keeley is a lover of arts and crafts, dolls and on a normal year, she would be spending her spring and summer months on

Hope Rises was honored to take part in the first ever Hope for Teen Warriors event to support the girls of Kaely’s Kindness Foundation –

Caren Cahoon’s daughter, Emelia, is a bright 11-year-old with a shining ability to make others around her feel joyful. The Orchard Park girl and her

When Brittany Scott, and her husband, Justin found out they were expecting, they never imagined having multiples. But the sonogram didn’t just reveal twins or