A Stepping Stone Foundation

Our flagship program, leaf (literacy elevates Arizona families) provided early childhood education and whole family literacy to disadvantged children and their parents, whose absence of english literacy put their children at risk of school failure and reduced life choices. While children attended 64 or more hours per month of tuition-free literacy-based preschool classes, parents spent 32 hours or more per month engaged in hands-on experiences with their children in the classroom, and adult literacy & english classes. We served 37 families (85 unique individuals)in alhambra elementary,issac elementary, and synergy school districts.

Actively partnered with local high schools to identify and reconnect with former preschool students in order to provide college scholarships (billie gannaway memorial, william o. smith memorial, and ivey Stepping higher) for former preschool students. We awarded 26 scholarships to students for A total of $44,399.