RSI: Residential Services, Inc.

12/18/2025

We're excited to announce our 2025 Employee of the Year...

⭐️Pam Hagenah!⭐️

Pam has been an employee at RSI for over 30 years and currently serves as a DSP, Designated Trainer, and Equine Specialist at our Westbrook program in Brookston, MN. It's impossible to overstate the positive impact Pam has had in her three decades at RSI, from the countless lives she's touched, the vast experience and knowledge that she shares with her team, to the support she provides through our Equine Therapy service. Pam is truly irreplaceable.

Our gratitude goes out to all of the 2025 Employee of the Year candidates at RSI. They all continue to make a positive difference in the lives of the people they support, and we appreciate their efforts now more than ever.

11/26/2025

We have some big news to share as we enter this season of gratitude! After 40 years of dedicated leadership, our Executive Director, Jon Nelson, will be retiring at the end of 2025. While we’ll miss him deeply, we are so grateful for the lasting impact he’s made on RSI and the people we support.

We’re also thrilled to announce that Nicole Lind will become RSI’s next Executive Director. Nicole has been with RSI since 2009, first serving as a Program Coordinator, then Program Manager, and now as Senior Director. We’re incredibly thankful for the experience, knowledge, and creativity she’ll bring to this role.

Jon said it best himself: “I have been overwhelmed by all the kind words and gestures I have received as RSI has celebrated my coming retirement. I know better than to take all the credit they are giving me. Our success has come from everybody at RSI, especially the employees working directly with the people we support.”

As we reflect on this season of giving, we’re filled with gratitude for Jon’s remarkable 40 years, for Nicole’s leadership ahead, and for everyone who helps move RSI’s mission forward each day. 💙

11/21/2025

Yesterday we saw folks from every county in Minnesota, all 50 states, and dozens of countries around the world come together to raise an incredible ⭐$37.8 million⭐ in support of Minnesota nonprofits and schools.

Thank you to everyone who donated, shared our fundraiser with your networks, and showed up to support our mission on Give to the Max Day. Your generosity and advocacy make an incredible difference, and we’re so grateful for your support! 💛

11/20/2025

You can double your impact on Give to the Max Day through our matching gift! 💚

That means every dollar donated to RSI today will go twice as far in helping us reach our fundraiser supporting our James A. Houle Activities Fund.

Visit our donation page to read Dustin's story of the memorable biking trip he was able to take earlier this year due to the generosity of past donors. 🚲

www.givemn.org/organization/Rsimn/

Thank you for your support!

11/20/2025

📣 It's Minnesota's Day of Giving! 📣

This year on Give to the Max Day we're raising funds for our James A. Houle Activities Fund, a vital resource that helps the people we support cover the cost of meaningful events & activities, hobbies & interests, and adaptive technology and supports that ensure equitable access to these opportunities.

Check out our donation page to learn how the generosity of our community helped an individual we support at RSI experience a special biking trip this year.

Thank you for your support! 💛

Residential Services, Inc. is a private non-profit organization that provides innovative services to people with disabilities and mental illness. Residential Services, Inc. (RSI) is a non-profit organization that provides services to adults, children, and families with d...

11/14/2025

Give to the Max Day is right around the corner on November 20th!

This year, we’re raising funds for the James A. Houle Activities Fund, and we’re excited to share how it helped make a bike tour possible for one of the people we support at RSI.

Check out our page here: https://www.givemn.org/organization/Rsimn

10/31/2025

It's time to announce the winner of the annual pumpkin carving contest for our central MN programs 📣

And the winner is...our Taylors Falls home!

And because all of our competitors did such a spooktacular job on their pumpkins, we thought we'd share them all with you! 🎃

10/31/2025

🦇🎃Happy Halloween from all of us at RSI! 🎃🦇

We wanted to take this opportunity to give a huge spooky shoutout to everybody who made our annual Fright Night at RSI's Lotus Grace Farm event a success. From our organizers, volunteers, actors, folks who helped spread the word, costume donors, and every community member who attended- THANK YOU!

Make sure to follow us for updates on our 2026 Fright Night event! We hope to see all of you ghouls and ghosties next year on the farm. 👻

10/29/2025

Our Lotus Grace IRTS/RCS team is growing and we're hiring Mental Health Workers, Mental Health Practitioners, and Certified Peer Specialists in Cambridge, MN! 😊

Check out our employment website (www.rsi.jobs) to learn more and apply. RSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

10/16/2025

We'll be here til 3:00p.m. today!

Kanabec County Operation Community Connect will be held on Thursday, October 16, 11a - 3p at Emmanuel Baptist Church (536 S Union Street, Mora). This is a FREE community resource event that is open to the public.

If you have questions about this event, would like to be a vendor, or need to register for coats or boots, please contact Kanabec County Family Services at 320.679.6350 or email family.servivces@kanabeccountymn.gov

10/13/2025

Congrats to our Fright Night at RSI's Lotus Grace Farm raffle winners! 👻