SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
2026: June 8 - July 31
Applications accepted April 10 - 30th.
Contact East St. Louis Wrestling Coaches Stephen Doty or Sam Angelbeck for an application.
1. Applicants will need to create a gmail account using their first and last name. Learn how to create a gmail account:
1. Applicants will need to create a gmail account using their first and last name. Learn how to create a gmail account:
RISE UP and be all that God created you to be.
RISE UP is our summer youth workforce development program. Aimed at male and female East St. Louis District 189 High School Wrestling Program students, this intensive 8-week program focuses on work and life skills. These skills are built on the foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Applicants are required to interview for limited team spaces. Those chosen are paid full-time wages for full-time work.
LOCATION: Lansdowne Center, 1800 N. 25th Street, East St. Louis, IL 62204.
The RISE UP Internship Difference:
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Coaches commit to modeling and teaching success. We define success as honoring God with our lives.
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Interns commit to a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, full participation in all activities.
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Parents/Guardians commit to reinforcing basic participation requirements and success principles.
Work and Life Skill Training:
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Team Participation
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Relationships
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Character Development
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Nutrition
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Winning in Life© - Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Work Ethic
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Time Management
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Spiritual Development
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Communication & Listening
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Financial Literacy
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Introduction to Trade Skills
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters." Colossians 3:23
Our RISE UP program is entering an exciting new chapter. Previously open to all East St. Louis School District 189 High School boys, the program will now be focused specifically on East St. Louis High School Wrestlers - both boys and girls. This shift allows us to strengthen team unity and invest more deeply in students who have committed to the sport of wrestling. By centering on RISE UP within the East St. Louis Wrestling Program, we can provide consistent, year-round training, mentorship, and development that aligns with the athletes' shared goals and commitment.
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house, and it fell with a great crash. " Matthew 7:24-27