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We are a 501(c)(3) organization.
Our Latest Scholarship Program
The below shows our STEP group in Go Vap, Vietnam, enabling hope and success for 36 students with scholarships presented by our Southeast Asia Representative, Tano (Pham Thanh Hung), on the left, and his brother Pham Dung. Also attending is Kim Huyen, a STEP Scholarship graduate who pays it forward by sponsoring students on her own. On the far right is Ghia Hahn Nguyen, who was our first recipient of a scholarship when we started in 2008-09. Her education was interrupted by cancer in 2016, but she is now healthy and in her third year of college. The banner says Cam On!, which in Vietnamese means "Thank You".
S.T.E.P. Dictionary Project
A jointly funded program by Spring Valley Rotary, Orange & Rockland Utilities, and S.T.E.P. has provided 3rd-grade students in the East Ramapo School District with 10,416 dictionaries since the inception of the program in 2010. The teachers are eager to incorporate the use of this resource into their everyday curriculum. Their information includes word definitions, relevant science, history, geography, and social studies topics for reference.
“The limits of your language are the limits of your world.”
Latest Local Project
STEP provided the Dakota Wicohan non-profit organization with 20
iPads for their afterschool program. This enables the students to learn the native Minnesota Dakota language, research, and preserve their culture for future generations.
Their first project is a Dakota language training class for staff online using the iPads. The teachers will continue by teaching their youth the Dakota language throughout the year.