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Word by Word
Step by Step's Newsletter
Issue 2: January - April, 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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Up-coming Events
April 23, 2009
Join Youth Build workers to help create a community garden at Beards Fork Community Center, to celebrate Global Youth Service Day
April 24, 2009
Watch Senior Citizens go for the gold at the Geri Olympics
April 27, 2009
Parents of Lincoln County High School students are invited to a workshop on how to use tools like EdLine to help their students achieve academic success.
May 6, 2009
All are welcome to participate in a Pregnancy Prevention focus group at the Hamlin Library.
May 7, 2009
Raise $ for bullying prevention and awareness, just by eating pancakes, at this Bullying Prevention & Awareness Fundraiser
Pregnant or have a child up to age three and live in Lincoln County? Then you're invited to Starting Points' Community Baby Shower.
May 16, 2009
Get your portraits taken as part of a fundraiser for Beards Fork Community Center.
May 29, 2009
Ride your bike through the streets of Charleston at this Critical Mass Bike Ride, to kick off the Sustainability Fair.
Interested in encouraging positive changes for Lincoln County residents? Then come to the next monthly Lincoln County Youth and Prevention Coalition meeting.
May 30, 2009
Browse through booths, attend workshops and presentations, enjoy local food and music and come out being inspired to live more sustainably at Charleston's first
Sustainability Fair
Recent Events
Hanging in for the Long Haul
Community Easter Egg Hunt
Stream testing training
Patchwork Dreams at WV State History Fair
Dip Dinner at the East End Family Resource Center
Volunteer Fair at West Virginia State University
Chili Cook Off at Omar Elementary
New Features of Newsletter/Blog
Volunteer/Work Opportunities
Meet Step by Step Staff/VISTAs
Press Archive
Wish List
Help Step by Step Double the Amount Raised from GoodSearch/GoodShop by the Date of the Sustainability Fair!
In January, we signed up for Goodsearch/Goodshop, the sites that help non-profits raise money just by letting people search/shop in their name. Since then, with your help, we've raised nearly $30! Help us double this amount by the date of the Sustainability Fair, May 30th, 2009! You can track how much we've raised by going here.
GoodSearch in the name of Step by Step!
GoodShop in the name of Step by Step!
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Operation Read WV 2009
Operation Read WV, which promotes libraries and literacy in WV, will be coordinated this year by Step by Step Library VISTA, Nell Fleming.
Visit the Operation Read WV website for info on registering for the Annual State Wide Book Drive at the Faces of Leadership Conference, July 14th-16th.
Also, check out people's reading memories and favorite books at the new Operation Read WV blog. Then share your own by e-mailing Nell at
nfleming@stepbystepwv.org
"Check out" the Big Ugly Community Center LibraryCome get your BUCC Library card by coming into the center on Tuesdays. Once you have your card, come by any time the Center is open to check out books. View the new BUCC LibraryThing site for more info on the library and what kind of books are available. The BUCC library is free and open to the all.
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Greetings!
Welcome to our second E-Newsletter! This issue is packed with upcoming and past events that Step by Step staff, VISTAs and volunteers organized in the new year. Check out our Earth Day Block party, our upcoming Community Baby Shower and Bios of all the people who make Step by Step possible.
As a VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) Leader with Step by Step, I'm fortunate to contribute in small ways to many of our inititiaves and really get a sense of all the wonderful work that we do. We have a great team and we're expanding it to include four more VISTAs to work on Environmental Sustainability and Veteran's Affairs. Please contact us if you or someone you know is interested in joining the team.
Thanks to all who gave us feedback on our inaugural issue. Based on your comments, we have added the "Community Corner" section that features artwork, recipes, poems and more from the communities that we serve. We hope that you will continue to help us develop this newsletter by filling out this survey with your thoughts, ideas and feedback. And don't forget to click on the "read full article" link at the end of each section for more information, photos and links, and a chance to comment on each
article!
Tracie Blummer, Step by Step VISTA Leader
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Step by Step Helps Plan Sustainability Fair
In today's world, it is more important than ever to make sure our
community can support the needs of current and future generations
through cooperation, conservation and balanced use of resources. For
this reason, a group of volunteers, among them, Step by Step VISTAs--has been planning, marketing and
organizing "Kanawha Valley Connections" a Sustainability Fair which is
partially funded by a $20,000 grant from the Sustainable Kanawha Valley
Initiative. The fair will take place at the Habitat for Humanity
ReStore in Charleston on Saturday May 30, 2009 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Read full article...
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Step by Step's MIHOW Program Encourages Healthier Moms a nd Babies in Lincoln County
When the Lincoln County Youth and Prevention Coalition realized that Lincoln County had both an
infant mortality rate higher than Bosnia's, and the highest rate of
women smoking during pregnancy in the state, they knew that Lincoln
County could do better.
To address these issues, Step by Step, in partnership with the
Lincoln County Youth and Prevention Coalition adopted the Maternal Infant Health
Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program, in 2007. Read Full article...
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Step by Step Launches Computer Rebuilding Program, Seeks Participants for Next Class
During the week of March 16th - 20th, Step by Step launched its
Computer Rebuilding Program by running its first introductory level
course, at the new computer lab in the East End Family Resource
Center. In this class, students worked with second hand computer
parts, learning about their functions and how to safely piece them
together to rebuild computers. Upon completion of the course, students
were allowed to take home the functioning, reconstructed computer that
they had been working with throughout the class.
Read full article...
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Earth Day Block Party!
An Earth Day Block Party, hosted by Step by Step was held at the Big
Ugly Community Center on Saturday, April 18th from 10:00 AM to 4:30
PM. Students from Loga n, Lincoln and Kanawha counties were joined by
AmeriCorps VISTAs and Earlham Bonner Scholars for discussions,
presentations and community service. Participants and volunteers numbered over 80. Read full article...
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90 Students Pledge Service as 'Natural Helpers' in Lincoln Co unty
During the months of January and February, the WV Dreamers Afterschool
Program, in partnership with the Lincoln County Youth and Prevention
Coalition, the Lincoln County Counseling Collaborative and Lincoln
County Schools, sponsored two-day training workshops for 60 middle
schools students and 30 high school students who pledged to serve as
"natural helpers" in their schools and communities. These events marked
the beginning of a larger youth leadership development effort in which
Step by Step, lead agency and fiscal sponsor of the WV Dreamers
Afterschool Program, and its partners will engage these young teens as
peer mentors and community organizers. Read full article...
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Community Corner
This section of the newsletter features submissions from members of the communities in which Step by Step serves!
Reci pes
Tomato Dumplings, from Bonnie Vannatter, Big Ugly Creek (as featured in Patchwork Dreams: Stories: Songs and History from Big Ugly Creek and Harts Creek, West Virginia, a Step by Step Publication).
 Jamaican Patties, from Vanessa Mann, Charleston (as featured in Recipes for a Soulful and Succulent Feast, an East End Family Resource Center publication).
Art
Big Ugly Community Center youth were asked to create drawings for a mural to be painted on the inside of Habitat for Humanity's ReStore building. Click here to see what they came up with.
Community Corner Seeks Submissions
Step by Step is currently seeking recipes, poems, stories, photos of art work, notices for community events, and more from the communities which we serve! If you would like to submit something to the "Community Corner," please do so by e mailing Laura at lherberg@stepbystepwv.org or by sending items in the mail to Community Corner c/o Step by Step, 1701 5th Ave. #8, Charleston, WV 25312.
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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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