Providing technology and training to children and adults who have barriers to education and employment.

Sellabrate BUY NOTHING NEW IN JULY

Looking for a good deal and want to shop green? NextStep will be running weekly sales during July that should spark your interest!

NextStep ReUSE Stores in Eugene and Springfield!
50% off TVs
75% off desktop hard drives (4 GB to 15 GB)
$8.00 tabletop refrigerators
Free CRT monitor, keyboard and mouse with every computer purchase!

NextStep no longer accepting EPS foam for recycling

NextStep Recycling announced today that due to increased costs, EPS block foam (commonly referred to as Styrofoam) will no longer be accepted at their Eugene, OR recycling facility beginning July 1, 2009.

Eugene, OR - Over the last 4 years, NextStep Recycling staff estimate they have recycled over 288 tons (576,000 pounds) of EPS foam for Lane County residents, businesses, and municipalities. EPS foam is 98% air. NextStep has collected EPS foam at its Eugene facility, at community cleanup events, and provided pickup services for local businesses. Presently, the block foam is baled, densified, and transported to PLC Recycling in Portland, OR where it is then extruded and sold to a company that manufactures high-end picture frames from the recycled material. Due to lack of funds, NextStep will no longer be offering this recycling service.

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HIRING full cycle bookkeeper

NextStep is recruiting for a full cycle bookkeeper with strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively, who has prior QuickBooks Pro and nonprofit experience. Job includes A/P, A/R, payroll, state and federal taxes reporting, meeting with Board finance committee monthly, SAIF reporting, health insurance and benefits, company insurance administration, manager meetings.
Please send your resumes with references we can contact to
jobsatnextsteprecycling.org.

This is why we do the work we do at NextStep:

I would like to thank you for providing my son with a computer. He has high functioning autism and the computer has been a wonderful tool to teach many skills. Through the computer he taught himself all the piano chords and chord progressions and we have discovered that he has perfect pitch.

The computer has helped in so many ways. Unless people are familiar with autism, they may not understand how important. For example, a year ago my son had no language. He had no motivation to talk, but he did have the motivation to get to the computer. When I would block access to it he would attempt to make some sound to let me know he wanted it. Eventually we were able to teach " I want the computer please." It is a wonderful reinforcer for him, and he is able to learn tasks easier than having to decipher a set of social cues that often is present in a classroom setting.
Thanks for all you do!
Vanessa