Dear Stepping Stone Supporters: I wanted to give you a quick follow-up to the Secret Millionaire-A Stepping Stone segment (filmed fall 2011, aired this fall). Our Secret Millionaire, Mr. Jay, promised one of our Stepping Stone moms that when she received her GED, he would have scholarship money waiting for her. Unfortunately, she left our…Continued
We very much hope you all were able to catch Sunday’s Secret Millionaire episode (8/11/13). Mr. Jay, of course, made good on his word and donated $50,000 to A Stepping Stone Foundation a few short weeks after taping the episode was complete. Many of the extra wonderful things that Mr. Jay did for/with us included an SUV…Continued
August 8, 2013 Local non-profit gets in on the “Secret” A Stepping Stone Foundation featured on Aug. 11 episode of ABC’s Secret Millionaire PHOENIX, ARIZ. – When A Stepping Stone Foundation Executive Director Cynthia Gattorna received a mysterious e-mail from a ‘documentary producer’ interested in her Phoenix grassroots non-profit, she admits that she almost instinctively hit…Continued
We very much hope you all were able to catch Sunday’s Secret Millionaire episode (8/11/13). Mr. Jay, of course, made good on his word and donated $50,000 to A Stepping Stone Foundation a few short weeks after taping the episode was complete. Many of the extra wonderful things that Mr. Jay did for/with us included an SUV…Continued
I had a lovely visit this summer from one of our former families. The father is in the process of getting his immigration status revised and was very grateful to receive a letter from A Stepping Stone supporting the fact that both his children had been in our program as preschoolers with Mrs. Fran at the Westwood…Continued
“That’s Me. That’s My Story” I ask Martha if she knows that many heroes are quiet heroes? I tell her she is a hero for being a better parent than her own. I ask her if A Stepping Stone has helped with that? To my surprise (which I hope I shielded from her), she hesitates and I think…Continued
“That’s Me, That’s My Story.” Martha’s boyfriend was physically and emotionally abusive. For the first time in the interview, tears well up in her eyes and she dabs them quietly with a tissue. She did attempt to go back to school and attended Alhambra High for a short time. She knew of a few…Continued
“That’s Me, That’s My Story.” While her father did rescue her from her mother’s abuse, he was very consumed by work and was not a warm or caring person toward her or her sister. Martha speaks of his frequent verbal abuse. He would speak about his hopes that at least one daughter would go…Continued
“That’s Me, That’s My Story.” Martha talks very quietly about leaving Veracruz for Nogales and staying there on the Mexico side for about three months until her father could arrange for her and her sister to cross. When they arrived in Phoenix, she stayed out of school for a whole year waiting for her…Continued
“That’s Me. That’s My Story” Every-other year or so, A Stepping Stone Foundation teachers show a video. It’s a story about journeying to the United States as an immigrant and seeking a better life. At the end of the video this spring, Lead Teacher Fran Smith asked the parents if any of them had anything…Continued