Volunteer Spotlight: Kaisa has been volunteering with us for about 6 months. She has been helping with the resource room and other projects weekly. Kaisa is originally from Finland. She has been married for over two years and has only been in our area for about a year.

Because of you, the Embrace Hope Fall Fundraiser was a fun & fulfilling success! Learn more about the impact you made and see event photos. Thank you for partnering with Next Step at the 2023 Embrace Hope Fundraiser!​

Sandra Silva, Reproductive Grief Care Coordinator, recently completed all the requirements for Next Step to be certified in Reproductive Grief Care by the Institute of Reproductive Grief Care. This included taking classes, creating a self-care policy, and filing the applications to be certified.

God has greatly blessed us through this organization in the Pleasanton/Livermore area. The Pleasanton KOC fundraised and the KOC headquarters also chipped in for our new ultrasound machine. The KOC also organized at both the Pleasanton Catholic churches (St. Augustin and St. Elizabeth Seton) and the Livermore Catholic churches (St. Michaels and St. Charles) to do a baby bottle campaign.

Next Step was represented at the capitol. The California Family Council set up a lobby day for California pregnancy center directors and Carrie attended! She talked to a staffer of one of our state representatives and had a great conversation about what we do.

A message from the Executive Director: Roe v Wade Response Update. We have been hearing so much talk around the state of abortion in our country, I want to share with you how we at Next Step are responding to this.