An Experience for life!

The Student Training Empowerment Program, A.K.A. STEP, is proud to offer a series of workshops for young people in grades 1 through 5 at the Chrysalis Conservation Courtyard beginning on Monday, October 20, 2008 from 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.  The workshops will be led by Ms. Laura  Gottardo, teacher of the year at Hilton Head High School, along with the assistance of high school STEP members.

The workshops are designed to give young children hands-on experiences as they learn how people can improve or damage the environment, and how their choices can affect the future quality of their lives. Continue Reading This Article…

A gift that shows how much you care

Whether you adopt-a-butterfly for yourself, a friend or a loved one, you will be helping secure a safer future for endangered butterflies.

Butterflies are essential pollinators that are now threatened by human acitivities and development. By adopting a butterfly with STEP, you are enabling us to continue to support butterfly conservation projects in different communities across our country.

For each ten dollars donated STEP members will plant 10 host food plants for an endangered butterfly species throughout different communities participating in the STEP program. Very few butterflies are as common as they once were. More and more of our landscapes are being built over with asphalt. Host plants are classified as ‘weeds’ and are either being torn out or sprayed with poisons for manicured lawns which as often as not destroy both plant and butterfly. Continue Reading This Article…

Welcome to the freshly designed website for STEP (Student Training Empowerment Program) Hopefully, I can just stick to using STEP in the future. The purpose of this site is to give the program an online presence that will allow us to not only spread the message of STEP for those wanting more information about this growing organization, but also give us an opportunity to interact with an audience through the blog.
 
You can read to the left here, and also on the “about” page to see an overview of the program, or you can follow our regularly updated blog to get a feel for our personalities, struggles, ambitions, and triumphs.
 
You should find one thing to be very clear and consistent; that we firmly believe in the empowerment of young people. STEP gives young people opportunities to help them overcome real-world obstacles, discover themselves, and obtain a greater awareness of their individual impact on the world.
 
One of the best environments for learning is an environment of peers, and in order for true learning to take place, young people must be interested in the topic being taught. Exceptional leaders are not born they are educated. STEP hopes to be part of helping young people to discover their passions and strengths, and consequently develop leadership skills that will help ensure not only a happy and healthy lifestyle, but a better community for everyone.