A gift that shows how much you care

Whether you adopt-a-butterfly for yourself, a friend or a loved one, you will be helping secure a safer future for endangered butterflies.

Butterflies are essential pollinators that are now threatened by human acitivities and development. By adopting a butterfly with STEP, you are enabling us to continue to support butterfly conservation projects in different communities across our country.

For each ten dollars donated STEP members will plant 10 host food plants for an endangered butterfly species throughout different communities participating in the STEP program. Very few butterflies are as common as they once were. More and more of our landscapes are being built over with asphalt. Host plants are classified as ‘weeds’ and are either being torn out or sprayed with poisons for manicured lawns which as often as not destroy both plant and butterfly. Continue Reading This Article…

That’s right. SunTrust will donate $100 to STEP for each personal or business account that is opened by May 1, 2008. It only takes a few minutes and cost nothing to open. So tell your friends and family to please support STEP, by simply opening an account at Suntrust Bank and completing the redemption form. Do it Today!

Once you have an account, don’t forget to sign up for the SunTrust Rewards Program, (SunTrust’s reward points system) and use it to make donations throughout the year without actually spending any money.

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CITY TEENS who volunteer as mentors in elementary-school classrooms as part of the year-old Student Training Empowerment Program are getting a reward for their good works. The Yankees, a STEP sponsor, set aside 300 tickets so the high- school kids could attend Bombers’ games this week…  – NYDailyNews.com