StepUp Greensboro works to make positive change for people
Motivating, equipping, and empowering people to find a better life. That is the mission of a nonprofit called StepUp Greensboro. With the help of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, the agency is helping people make positive changes in their lives.
“We believe that every individual deserves an opportunity to enjoy life and to be successful, and we do that through training them and helping them build healthy relationships,” says StepUp Greensboro’s Executive Director, Anthony Bass. “It’s just important that an individual regardless of unemployment, underemployed, homeless, whatever their status may be, they still deserve to have an opportunity to enjoy life.”
At StepUp Greensboro, that opportunity comes with the chance to rekindle dreams that may have gotten lost along the way, but Bass says participants have to put in the work and the effort to make a lasting change and find success. “We can’t promise jobs, right? Because you got to do the application, you’re going to have to do, you know, make sure you got a good resume,” says Bass. “You’re going to go to the interview. But what we do promise is that their lives will never be the same because they are having an opportunity to step up into their life, step up to their future, be able to enjoy life and get tools as lifetime lasting. So why come to StepUp Greensboro? Because you’re ready and willing for change. If you’re ready, willing for change, StepUp Greensboro is a place to be.”
Participants at StepUp Greensboro focus on developing character, learning life skills, and building relationships with the volunteer staff. Bass says he’s had a former gang member find success after going through the program, making connections, and turning his life around. Bass says that man now has a family and showed off pictures of his kids. “He was so proud to be a dad working for the city of Greensboro, really doing great things. And so, I was just so proud to see his accomplishments.” Bass went on to say “there’s been some hiccups that goes along with it. So, that’s why we build those healthy relationships, to have individuals in place. So you don’t have to go back to where you were.”
StepUp Greensboro is located on North Elm Street in Greensboro. You can learn more about its programs, how to enroll, and how to volunteer online at www.stepupgreensboro.org.
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