Former special education teacher Jaimie Valentini said she saw a need in the community that wasn’t being met. So last fall, she founded Rising Lights Project, a nonprofit organization that is “dedicated to creating environments for individuals impacted by disability to learn, laugh, thrive and engage with the Fox Valley community.”
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