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Word by Word
Step by Step's Newsletter
Issue 1: Winter 2009
Step by Step builds capacity in education and the arts, wellness, local leadership and resource services, and other areas as needs are expressed by communities in Southern West Virginia. Our mission is to empower families and children to embrace self-advocacy, become leaders in their communities, and work together to achieve their dreams.
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Recent Events
Big Ugly Community Center Fall Festival
Big Ugly Community Center Thanksgiving
Up-coming Events
Jan. 19, 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
Feb 24, 2009
Bullying Prevention Fundraiser at IHOP
Announcements
October 4 - 11 Named West Virginia Bully Awareness Week
Rural School District Awarded $1,197,711 to Transform Couseling Programs
Step by Step Joins GoodSearch/GoodShop
Now, every time you search, you can earn money for Step by Step, when you use this yahoo-powered, search engine, which costs you nothing!
Check out GoodSearch
Or, before you do your online shopping, use this link to go to your favorite store's site, and a portion of what you spend gets donated to Step by Step, at no additional charge to you!
Check out GoodShop
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Greetings!
Welcome to Step by Step's first ever e-newsletter. Some of you may have already received this Issue, but we decided to resend it with a tricky new link to view it in a webpage (see top) in case you had trouble viewing it in your e mail before.
Here are some of the many highlights of our efforts- this issue we focus in particular on the organizing work of some of the 21 VISTAs we place through Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and Mingo counties. We look forward to sharing the stories, ideas and concerns of the communities we serve with you from outreach to expectant parents through preschool, school age, after school and summer programs, to youth and parent leadership.
Hopefully you are able to see the links and photos in this e-newsletter (if not, make sure you chose "display images" above). Clicking on these items will take you to full articles, photo galleries, and even a few videos. We are excited about the interactivity that an e-newsletter option provides, as well as the paper that will be saved!
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Watershed Program Begins
Big Ugly Community Center has implemented a new
watershed program this fall as part of their afterschool program.
Project FLOW (Future Leaders Of Water) is a water education progr am
that uses hands-on service and learning to introduce environmental
concepts and stewardship while encouraging leadership development. Read full article...
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East End Youth Paint Mural
A group of young frequenters of Charleston's East End Family Resource
Center, led by VISTAs Rick Goosman and Ebony Easley, painted a mural on
the side of the ReStore Center, as part of a community mural project
hosted by Habitat for Humanity. Read full article...
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Step by Step Takes on Bullying
Tonya Huff is a local mom, and current Step by Step VISTA, who has been fighting for bully awareness and prevention for over three years now.
For Huff, this fight began when her son was aggressively bullied in
school for over a year. "My son was in a school that did not make a
big stand against bullying and felt it was just 'kids being kids',"
Huff said. Now he is in a school that doesn't tolerate bullying, so
says Huff, "I have experienced what it is like to deal with bullying
and seen the difference it makes when a child has a system that takes a
stand against bullying." Adding, "Once children realize that adults,
communities or whatever system they are in will not tolerate bullying,
it helps it to end."
Read full article...
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 Digging into Step by Step's Passion for Books, Literally
"When I saw the dumpster, I lost my breath," explained Terry St.
Germain, who is a Resource Development VISTA at the East End Family
Resource Center, a Step by Step partner. "I was expecting a normal
sized dumpster, and then we got to the site, and there was a
construction sized dumpster overflowing with books." Read full article...
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 Community Service Learning Internship
Program at WVSU is up and Running
Step by Step launched its Community Service Learning Internship Program
(C-SLIP) at West Virginia State University, this past Fall Semester.
With this program, students are able to bring what they've learned in
the classroom, into the community, by working with non-profit
organizations and earning credit for their work. Read full article...
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Step by Step is
now on facebook
For more photos, videos, up-coming events, news briefs, and to meet other people who are a part of the Step by Step community, check us out on Facebook.
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Thanks for taking time to read about our programs! If you know anyone who you think might enjoy our newsletter, please feel free to forward this on by clicking on the blue "forward email" link, down below.
Sincerely,
Michael Tierney
Step by Step Executive Director
Administrative Office
1701 5th Ave. #8
Charleston, WV 25312
Phone: (304) 414-4452
Fax: (304) 414-4410
Email: sbsadmin@wvdreamers.org
Big Ugly Community Center
587 Rosewood Rd.
Hart, WV 25524
Phone: (304) 855-5402
Fax: (304) 855-5205
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