Striving Together Empowering People Community Development Corporation

in 2006, the vestry of calvary episcopal church, n.l., now calvary st. augustine episcopal church, founded step-cdc in response to the pressing education, recovery and housing needs in the adjacent community. beginning with its founding in 1864, calvary church has enjoyed a rich legacy of reaching out to the poor and the marginalized in its community. for years, calvary has hosted numerous activities, such as feeding programs, boy scout troops, a day-care center, afterschool programs among a list of other community services. step~cdc has three streams of work. they are education, recovery and housing. the board created mission statements for each stream. education program: the education program provides school-aged children, in the belmont community, with a safe environment as well as engaging educational opportunities afterschool and during the summer. it also offers training to adults in order to help them to become college and career-ready, thereby making them assets to their commun