Building capacity through community service in Southwest West Virginia
Youth between the ages of 14 and 20 are invited to sign up for a free Summer of Service program which will run Monday through Friday from June 22 – August 7th in Charleston. Participants will explore digital photography, graphic design, building repairs, business basics, computer repairs, service projects, tree planting, stream testing, swimming, field [...]
Mon, June 8 2009 » ***Volunteer/Work Opportunities***, Arts & Culture, Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Computer Rebuilding Project, East End Family Resource Center, Education Support, Leadership Development, Life/Job Skill Development, Project FLOW, R.E.A.L Program, Service Learning, Summer of Service Program, Sustainability, Technology » Comments Off
Community activists joined across the generations at a forum sponsored by Step by Step to launch a digital stories and oral history archive celebrating WV Activism for the Long Haul. The event was held April 18 at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Charleston and included community change agents from 18 to 67. Step by Step [...]
Thu, April 23 2009 » Community Events, Digital Stories, Technology, Unitarian Universalist Congregation » Comments Off
There will be a workshop held on Monday, April 27 from 7:00 am to 9:00 am to educate Lincoln County High School students’ parents on how to use EdLine to check grades and communicate with teachers, as well as the Counselor’s Corner on the web page, and how to keep their children safe online. To [...]
Tue, April 21 2009 » Community Events, Education Support, Health and Wellness, Life/Job Skill Development, Lincoln County High School, Lincoln County Youth & Prevention Coalition, Technology » Comments Off
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.
Wed, April 8 2009 » Computer Rebuilding Project, East End Family Resource Center, Senior Opportunities, Technology » Comments Off
Location(s): Schoenbaum Family Enrichment Center, 1701 Fifth Ave. # 8, Charleston, WV 25301. Upload Photos from CDs to online data storage compartment, cataloguing as you go. Contact: Bob Pate Phone: (304) 414-4452 Email: rpate@stepbystepwv.org Website: www.stepbystepwv.org
Tue, March 10 2009 » ***Volunteer/Work Opportunities***, Technology » Comments Off
In 1995 this program began at the Big Ugly Community Center with students developing portfolios based on their dreams. In 2004, Step by Step received a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant and expanded its afterschool programming to include additional sites, which currently include Omar Elementary and Harts Primary. Each site has the freedom to [...]
Mon, January 26 2009 » Arts & Culture, Big Ugly Community Center, Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Education Support, Harts Primary, Health and Wellness, Leadership Development, Life/Job Skill Development, Omar Elementary, Sustainability, Technology, WV Dreamers Afterschool Program » Comments Off
In its first year, the 2009 Summer of Service Program gave youth ages 11-17 the opportunity to explore sustainability and the environment, technology, entrepreneurship, and arts & culture through service, hands on projects and education, throughout a seven week day camp-style program. The program was divided into two groups that generally rotated daily, Monday through [...]
Mon, January 26 2009 » Arts & Culture, Bullying Awareness & Prevention, East End Family Resource Center, Education Support, Life/Job Skill Development, Service Learning, Summer of Service Program, Sustainability, Technology » Comments Off
Digital stories are video or digital photos with audio and/or captions put over them in order to tell a story. Our goal is to teach community members to do digital stories so that they can share their stories and learn cool technological skills in the process. Participants of the 2009 Summer of Service program at [...]
Mon, January 26 2009 » Digital Stories, Technology » Comments Off
The Computer Rebuilding program takes used computer parts and shows seniors and youth how to rebuild them into computers. Each participant is meant to walk away with their own computers, as well as to donate an additional one that they rebuilt to a community member in need. This program was piloted at the East End [...]
Mon, January 26 2009 » Canaan United Methodist Church, Computer Rebuilding Project, East End Family Resource Center, Life/Job Skill Development, Technology » Comments Off
![Step by Step WV posted a photo: Bonner Scholars from Earlam College in Indiana listened to a panel discussion of long-term West Virginia activists arranged by Step by Step's Executive Director Michael Tierney in April 2009. Afterward, the students interviewed the panelists on tape so that their [the activist's] stories can be adapted to digital stories.](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/3808418455_07d468b4db_t.jpg "Step by Step WV posted a photo: Bonner Scholars from Earlam College in Indiana listened to a panel discussion of long-term West Virginia activists arranged by Step by Step's Executive Director Michael Tierney in April 2009. Afterward, the students interviewed the panelists on tape so that their [the activist's] stories can be adapted to digital stories.")
