diff --git a/app/controllers/index.js b/app/controllers/index.js
index 138a17e..88ccbc3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/index.js
+++ b/app/controllers/index.js
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	auth: require('./auth.controller'),
 	charge: require('./charge.controller'),
 	project: require('./project.controller'),
-	image: require('./image.controller')
+	image: require('./image.controller'),
+	post: require('./post.controller')
 };
diff --git a/app/controllers/post.controller.js b/app/controllers/post.controller.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89e8800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/post.controller.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+const db = require('../../models'),
+	errorMaker = require('../helpers/error.maker'),
+	textCleaner = require('../helpers/text_cleaner');
+
+const { Post, sequelize } = db;
+
+exports.createStatusUpdate = async (req, res, next) => {
+	const { text } = req.body;
+
+	try {
+		const organization_id = req.user.id;
+		console.log(organization_id);
+
+		const post = await Post.create({ text, organization_id });
+
+		return res.status(201).json(post);
+	} catch (error) {
+		next(error);
+	}
+};
+
+// query params: {postId}
+exports.addRibbon = async (req, res, next) => {
+	const { update_id } = req.params;
+
+	try {
+		const posts = await sequelize.query(
+			`
+    SELECT num_ribbons
+    FROM posts
+    WHERE id = :update_id`,
+			{ type: db.Sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT, replacements: { update_id } }
+		);
+
+		const newNumRibbons = posts[0].num_ribbons + 1;
+
+		const update = await sequelize.query(
+			`
+    UPDATE posts
+    SET num_ribbons = :newNumRibbons
+    WHERE id = :update_id`,
+			{
+				type: db.Sequelize.QueryTypes.UPDATE,
+				replacements: { newNumRibbons, update_id }
+			}
+		);
+
+		return res
+			.status(200)
+			.json({ message: 'Successfully added ribbon to post!' });
+	} catch (error) {
+		next(error);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/app/routes/donor.route.js b/app/routes/donor.route.js
index 264c10f..2a5d16e 100644
--- a/app/routes/donor.route.js
+++ b/app/routes/donor.route.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ const {
 	grant,
 	stripe,
 	organization,
-	charge
+	charge,
+	post
 } = require('../controllers');
 
 // POST donor signup
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ router.get('/dashboard', checkAuth(roles.DONOR), donor.getDashboardData);
 
 router.get('/charges', checkAuth(roles.DONOR), charge.getAllChargesbyDonor);
 
+router.put(
+	'/statusupdate/ribbon/:update_id',
+	checkAuth(roles.DONOR),
+	post.addRibbon
+);
+
 // // Retrieve a single Donor by Id
 // router.get('/:donor_id', donor.findById);
 
diff --git a/app/routes/organization.route.js b/app/routes/organization.route.js
index 3d5fb99..673aac6 100644
--- a/app/routes/organization.route.js
+++ b/app/routes/organization.route.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const {
 	region,
 	stripe,
 	project,
-	image
+	image,
+	post
 } = require('../controllers');
 
 // Charity signup route
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ router.get(
 
 router.post('/project', checkAuth(roles.ORGANIZATION), project.createProject);
 
+router.post(
+	'/statusupdate',
+	checkAuth(roles.ORGANIZATION),
+	post.createStatusUpdate
+);
+
 // // Add cause
 // router.post('/cause', checkAuth(roles.ORGANIZATION), cause.createCause);
 
diff --git a/models/Post.js b/models/Post.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1538469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/Post.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const Organization = require('./Organization');
+
+module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
+	const Post = sequelize.define('Post', {
+		id: {
+			type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+			primaryKey: true,
+			autoIncrement: true
+		},
+		text: {
+			type: DataTypes.STRING(350),
+			allowNull: false
+		},
+		organization_id: {
+			type: DataTypes.UUID,
+			allowNull: false,
+			references: {
+				model: Organization(sequelize, DataTypes),
+				key: 'id'
+			}
+		},
+		num_ribbons: {
+			type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+			defaultValue: 0
+		}
+	});
+	return Post;
+};