Thank you to our 2022-2023 Donors and Supporters! A Stepping Stone Foundation would like to thank our 2022-2023 individual, corporate, and foundation supporters for their generosity in our two-generation education mission, to bring literacy and education to underserved preschoolers and families in Phoenix! Individual donors (alphabetical) Jim and Kelly Aanenson Jaime Ade …Continued
Open LMS is helping the local community and matching donations to A Stepping Stone Foundation made by its Connected 2023 conference attendees and its employees. Raleigh, N.C. (April 27, 2023)𑁋Open LMS, a leader in the open-source learning management system (LMS) market dedicated to improving learning and education, has delivered $5,000 in STEM-focused scholarship funding to…Continued
Dearest Supporters, As we welcome 2023 into our lives, it is a natural time to reflect on the past, revel in the now and plan for the future. As you continue reading below, you’ll note statistics about what we have done in the past, our current status and our plans for the future. LEAF:…Continued
This week’s blog theme has been about how the pandemic has shifted how we live our lives and how those shifts have impacted A Stepping Stone’s enrolled families and scholars. How has COVID19 effected how we deliver our award-winning LEAF (Literacy Elevates Arizona Families) program to young children and their families? That is today’s subject. …Continued
COVID19 has taken a dramatic toll on our lives. I hope we always remember the almost half million people who have already succumbed to its effects and all the families who have been touched by that loss of life. Just as important to those of us remaining behind them, are the secondary effects: the heroic…Continued
A Stepping Stone Foundation Board Member, Gabriel Escontrías, Jr., sent me an article today about work similar to that of our LEAF (Literacy Elevates Arizona Families) Program in Phoenix. It touts the rich return on investment that programs like LEAF have to society in concrete terms. The article was published online at TheScientificAmerican.com, (originally published…Continued