Client Spotlight: Next Step Fund

At the March Board of Trustees meeting, the board shared a "Mission Moment" with Lee Next Step Fund's new Executive Director Steve Amstatz and Monica Piquet-Rodriguez, Founder. The Lee Next Step Fund, also known as the Next Step Fund, works to connect low-income, at-risk youth to life-changing college- and career- preparatory learning experiences beyond the traditional high school classroom. These programs, or "Fantastic Learning Opportunities," challenge students' in new ways and push them to learn and develop beyond their comfort zone.

As a result, FLOs propel students to develop the knowledge, skills, and habits that are characteristics of college-bound individuals and positive, productive adults... all while they are still in high school. ESCH consultants

Hugh Williams, John Ranney and Bill Bobo helped them operationalize their plan and served to inspire their amazing growth to include Eastwood High School, as well as Lee. For more information, go to: www.leenextstepfund.org.

New Program Launch!

Soon, we will launch a new program,"Developing Development". This program, was developed and taught to new trainers in February, George Hawkins, DOD, Houston Arboretum & Nature Center; Karen Cornelius, former Asst. Texas Director, Nature Conservancy; Catherine Del Paggio, and me, as well as previous consultants Ron Swofford and Jane Harding, by Aileen Preonas, DDP Program Co-Founder of Executive Service Corps of Southern California. It has been extremely successful for them and we know that many nonprofits are looking for ways to enhance fundraising efforts. All desperately need reasonably priced assistance to understand how to gather new resources effectively.