Purchase Cena Dinner/Dance Tickets:

Click on the Buy Now button to the right to purchase tickets to A Stepping Stone Foundation's annual Cena y Serenata Fundraising Dinner/Dance March 17th 5:30 PM ($100/each).  The fair market value of each ticket purchase is $50. Thank You!

Donate to A Stepping Stone Foundation:

Click on the PayPal button at the right and fill in any amount you wish. Please review the list below for suggestions of an amount to donate. Thank You!

Contribute to the Billie Gannaway Scholarship Fund:

Click on the PayPal Button at the right and fill in any amount you wish.

Working Poor Tax Credit:

Click on the PayPal button at the right to make your Working Poor Tax Credit donation to A Stepping Stone Foundation.

The maximum amount of this credit is $400 for married taxpayers filing jointly and $200 for taxpayers filing individual or head of household returns.

The Arizona Working Poor Tax Credit Just Got Easier! The Baseline Year Requirement is GONE!

This opens up the credit to anyone who itemizes on the Arizona State Income Tax form. The tax code allows for donations to qualifying organizations like A Stepping Stone Foundation to be returned to the taxpayer, not as a deduction, but as a full TAX CREDIT!

Please call us at the office if you have questions, or more importantly, for any and all tax advice, please consult with your tax professional. ** For important information, please click here

Support 1 Family for a Day

A typical day for our families begins around 8:15AM. The child spends 4 hours at their Stepping Stone classroom, including breakfast, outside play, and hot lunch. While the child goes to preschool, one or more of the parents attends ESL or GED classes and younger siblings may attend childcare.

$30

Christmas Angel for 1 Child

Each year at Christmas time, A Stepping Stone Foundation places Christmas Angel trees at Shadow Rock Church, APS Generation Engineering and other community partners in Phoenix. A tag for each child in our program and their siblings 12 years old and under is placed on one of the trees. On each tag are instructions to buy a book, clothing and a toy for each child...not to exceed $50.

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$50

Support 1 Family for a Week

Over the course of a week, the preschooler has attended 16 hours of preschool. One or more of their parents has attended at least 4 hours of adult education. Their younger siblings may have attended a quality childcare and the teacher may have visited the family in their home to help the parents learn how to support their child's public school experience in the home.

$120

Support 1 Family for a Month

Over the course of a month, the preschooler has attended 64 hours of preschool. One or more of their parents has attended at least 32 hours of adult education, parenting classes, home visiting and practice with their child in the classroom.

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$625

Classroom Supplies/Library

Literacy is the nucleus of our programs. While our children are certainly taught in a developmentally appropriate way with lots of hands on learning, an intentional focus is on pre-literacy and literacy skills. One important part of literacy is being surrounded by good models of language and reading. Our children and their families have great access to books of all kind with an emphasis on fine children's literature. Each year we provide every classroom with new and used books for their classroom and families' home use.

$500

Christmas Angels for Half a Classroom (25 Children)

Each year at Christmas time, A Stepping Stone Foundation places Christmas Angel trees at Shadow Rock Church, APS Generation Engineering and other community partners in Phoenix. Some organizations and individuals, such as the Family Arts Needlework Shop, sponsor all or part of an entire classroom of children and their siblings (50 children).

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$1,250

Support 1 Family for a Year

y the end of the school year, the preschooler has attended 550 hours of preschool. One or more of their parents has attended at least 100 hours of adult education, attended 9 or more parenting class, opened their home to a 7 visits from the teachers, and worked with their child in the classroom at least 60 hours. Some parents will have passed one or all of their GED exams, and many parents will have completed one or more levels of ESL instruction.

$5,500

Support 1 Teaching Assistant for a Year

All our lead teachers have three or more years experience as a lead teacher in the preschool setting. Preschool children are achieving many developmental milestones in their 4th and 5th years of life. Science tells us they learn best by hands on activities...by play! It takes a nurturing and skilled teacher to plan active and experiential learning that feels (and truly is) play! By the year 2009, as with all public preschool teachers, all our lead teachers will have their Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education.

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$18,000

Support 1 Lead Teacher for a Year

All our lead teachers have three or more years experience as a lead teacher in the preschool setting. Preschool children are achieving many developmental milestones in their 4th and 5th years of life. Science tells us they learn best by hands on activities...by play! It takes a nurturing and skilled teacher to plan active and experiential learning that feels (and truly is) play! By the year 2009, as with all public preschool teachers, all our lead teachers will have their Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education.

$58,000

Support an Entire Classroom for a Year

We are able to keep the cost for one entire classroom operation to about $95,000 because of our partnering public school districts. Thanks to Alhambra and Fowler Elementary School Districts, A Stepping Stone Foundation is able to keep its costs to: one lead teacher, one assistant teacher, younger sibling child care, small supplies, and perhaps field trips, library, and continuing education costs. A portion of the Stepping Stone Foundation's Program Coordinator is also figured in this amount. The school district partner provides the facility including furniture, adult education, on site supervision, and most supplies. Partnering with the local public school not only keeps Foundation costs lower, but allows the children to attend school in the districts they will most likely begin kindergarten.

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$95,000