On August 25th, in cooperation with Miami Unified School District and First Things First-Gila Council, and funded by Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation, A Stepping Stone Foundation opened an expansion preschool and family literacy program in Miami, Arizona.  Please enjoy this excerpt from Superintendent of Miami Unified School District about our expansion written just yesterday:…Continued

I received a wonderful email from a woman in South Africa who runs a preschool near Johannesburg.  She had seen our Mr. Jay episode and felt very inspired to continue her work.  South Africa! It is indeed a small world.

Last night, it was my great pleasure to join our parents, board and children at the 2014 Parent Celebration.  The parents of our Stepping Stone children were honored for their school-year long participation in adult education, parenting classes, time with their children in the classroom as well as participating in our home visiting program. In…Continued

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

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

For those of you following our documentary progress, we had a call from the producer saying that our show is scheduled to air August 11 on ABC.  More information will follow on our blog as we get permission to publicize.

“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