17 Jan Taproot Foundation Approves Volunteer Fundraiser
Exciting news...
Blog
17 Jan Board Spotlight: Brad Hamburger
How does a kid from Long Island grow up wanting to help revitalize the South Bronx? For our Board President Bradley Hamburger, it all goes back to The Yankees. To The Yankees, and to his father, who didn't want to pay for parking. As a long...
17 Jan Remembering Our Client, April E.
Our commitment to our clients goes beyond the services we provide. For us, it's personal. No member of the Step Up team embodies that better than Twila Waters. As our Director of Social Services, Twila is somebody our clients trust. This past October, Twila and the...
02 Dec Year-in-Review: Back to School Supply Drive
Backpacks. Notebooks. Pencils and pens. A calculator. When kids have the right school supplies, they are more likely to stay in school. But every September, children from low-income families show up for their first day without the basics. When these supplies are out of reach for children...
02 Dec Year-in-Review: Distribution Pop-Ups
For almost 8,000 individuals in the South Bronx this year, Step Up for Better Living was closer than ever. That's because of a series of pop-up food and resource distribution events we co-sponsored this year at different locations around our community! We're always looking for new...
02 Dec Staff Spotlight: Erinn Mallory Kolp
Erinn Mallory Kolp joined the Step Up Board in March of this year...
02 Dec Year-in-Review: The Step Up Emergency Food Fund
In March of this year, Covid-19 shut down the South Bronx. Almost everyone was feeling the effects of the pandemic that month. But we knew that many in our community, who were already facing harsh food insecurity, were particularly vulnerable. The increased demand for food was...
02 Dec A Year-End Message from Executive Director Louis Rodriguez
2020 is drawing to a close...
09 Oct Staff Spotlight: Omid Tashayod
Back in March of this year, Omid Tashayod joined the Step Up family as a new member of our Board. At that time, it may not have seemed like there was much to celebrate. New York City was on the brink of shutting down, and...
09 Oct Every Voice Matters. Vote.
Voting. It's fundamental to our democracy. And it's vital that Americans from all walks of life have the opportunity to make their voices heard. But if you live here in the South Bronx, it isn't always as easy as taking a long lunch. With unemployment...