Stepping up for WaterStep
Molly, a 10-year-old who lives near Bowling Green, KY, wanted to make an impact in her community. Lucky for us, she chose WaterStep to benefit from her efforts. Molly is…
SkillsUSA Teams up with WaterStep
WaterStep was honored to once again partner with SkillsUSA's Welding Competition at their annual conference held in Louisville this summer. Participating teams spent three days welding metal shoe receptacles for…
8-year-old holds birthday party for water
A quick post to celebrate another one of our great volunteers. Jonah is an eight-year-old boy from Kentucky who decided to fundraise for safe water projects. For his eighth…
60,000 pounds of shoes means a well for a community in Uganda
Last month for World Water Day, we challenged the WaterStep community to collect a semi-truck full of shoes to help bring water to a village in Uganda – about 22,000…
World Water Day
This Sunday, March 22, is World Water Day. In honor of this year's theme - Water and Sustainability - I wanted to share a photo that we've never shared…
Manufacturing Safe Water Technology
Volunteer Dr. Joe Jacobi has been an integral part of WaterStep's mission for years, leading the development and manufacturing of the M-100 Chlorine Generator. Below, he shares how he got involved…
Join us in saving lives in Costa Rica
WaterStep Director of Training and Trips Claudia Daniels shares the needs of a community in Costa Rica. You can join us on our next trip to the community where we…
Getting Involved – Cliff Carlson
Guest blogger Cliff Carlson shares how he and his family got involved with WaterStep and how it has made an impact on his life. During my daughter’s 11th grade…
Celebrating the Belle's 100th Birthday
October 15th through the 17th WaterStep helped celebrate the Belle of Louisville’s Centennial Birthday by participating in the Centennial Festival of Riverboat’s, Adventures in Education Festival. The festival gave 2000…
Meet the Student Water Initiative
Read the following interview with the three founding members of the Student Water Initiative - Will Modrall, Jed Kennedy, Elizabeth Carbone. This student group from the University of Louisville is competing in the…
Volunteer Spotlight: 13-year-old collects 600 pairs of shoes
by Lauren Hack A quick post to celebrate one of our great volunteers. Thirteen-year-old Kylie from Florence, Kentucky, hosted a shoe drive last month and collected 642 pairs of shoes!…
Community Shoe Drive in Peoria
When communities come together to collect shoes, they support water projects around the world. That is exactly what one Peoria community did. When accountant Denise Henderson from Peoria, IL saw…