WaterStep’s mission is supported through shoe collection. People from around the country collect shoes from their community and donate them to us. Shoes are sold to an exporter and funds received help bring safe water to those in need. We accept all types of shoes from high heels to high tops. In addition to funding … Read more
WaterStep is so proud to have some of the best and most devoted volunteers around. Today, we’d like to take the time to appreciate one in particular. Marcella Davis, an 84-year-old resident at the Christian Care Community here in Louisville, is holding a city-wide shoe drive, with the goal of collecting 10,000 pairs of shoes … Read more
Morgan Floyd is bringing WaterStep’s M-100 Chlorine Generator to a school for the blind in Udaipur, India after attending WaterStep trainings in July and August this summer. Floyd worked at the school for the blind last summer, and is returning this October.She will also be working in two places in Kolkata until summer of 2014.The … Read more
The first annual “CQ Jam for WaterStep” will be held on Saturday, October 5th beginning at 4:00pm at Captains Quarters Riverside Grille, 5700 Captains Quarters Road in Prospect. The live music event will feature a riverside stage where four of Louisville’s finest bands will perform, allowing the local boating community to beach or anchor and … Read more
Mark Hogg boarded the Millennial Train Wednesday evening and stopped in Chicago Thursday morning to speak to the Millennials about WaterStep’s future with Virtual Water Utilities. The Millennial Train is a non-profit organization that leads crowd-funded transcontinental train journeys that empower diverse groups of enterprising and civic-minded Millennials to explore America’s new frontiers. Over the … Read more
Staff from East Oldham Middle School have traveled to install chlorine generators for WaterStep for six years. Dennis Mangum reported on why the water projects have been beneficial for their staff members and for students: For the sixth consecutive year, staff from East Oldham Middle School traveled overseas to install Waterstep chlorine generators in needy … Read more
WaterStep will be featured at the Indiana Black Expo Youth Leadership and Community Service Summit this year, which is an opportunity to educate almost 400 students about the water crisis.As WaterStep continues to expand our international reach, we are also working to spread the word about what we do and gain support in the United … Read more
For 3 weeks, the girls of Girl Scout Brownie Troop 1516 from Carmel, Indiana. collected shoes for WaterStep. Weaving through the neighborhoods with their red wagon, the girls have been knocking on doors, sharing the message about the need for safe water, and asking people for their shoes. Their troop leader, Tabitha Hernandez, spear-headed the … Read more
Students from all different areas came to WaterStep this week to volunteer through the Passport program.The students are staying at Broadway Baptist Church in the evenings, where they have bible studies and worship services, as well as social events, like dances and game nights.However, the main focus of this project is to do missions work, … Read more
For Delaney Boone, 17, volunteering at WaterStep may have changed the course of her future. Delaney, and her sister Reilly Boone, 15, came to WaterStep with their YMCA group and helped clean out the new building on Myrtle Street. They also toured WaterStep’s old building, and saw the office, the warehouse and the water school. … Read more
