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“Stepping Stones Picnic – hope, recovery, celebration,” The Recorder, May 23, 2025, Page 1

Journalist Robert Blum’s story for our hometown of Bedford, New York’s The Recorder newspaper delves into the meaning of and activities planned for the upcoming, June 7, 2025 “Hybrid 74th Annual Stepping Stones Lois Family Groups Picnic” and the tradition started by Bill and Lois Wilson decades ago. Read the story at https://www.therecorder.org/post/stepping-stones-picnic-hope-recovery-celebration

To register to watch the Picnic online or to attend in person, please click here for the events page of this website.

Brownstoner, 9/23/24, by Susan De Vries, “Brooklyn Heights Showhouse Started as a Family Home on Doctors’ Row”

On September 23, 2024, writer Susan De Vries took an in depth look at the history of the Brooklyn brownstone where Bill and Lois Wilson lived prior to being without a home for two years and finding their final home, Stepping Stones. Their former residence at 182 Clinton St., Brooklyn Heights, NY, is where Lois was born and raised, where the couple returned when Lois mother was ill and they could not afford another apartment, and where Bill reached the depths of his alcoholism and the start of his recovery in 1934. A headline from Ms. De Vries’ story reads: “A Greek Revival row house selected for this year’s BHA fundraiser was home to a doctor’s family for decades and played a role in the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous.” Read the complete story with images – some from Stepping Stones Archive – at https://www.brownstoner.com/history/brooklyn-heights-history-182-clinton-street-bill-wilson-alcoholics-anonymous/

Connect to Northern Westchester Magazine Feature: “Connecting the World One Step at a Time”

Read the Connect to Northern Westchester magazine May / June 2024 Health Issue article about Stepping Stones, “Connecting the World One Step at a Time,” by Robin Goetz. See page 26 of the issue by clicking here.  “While it is not the Eiffel Tower or Mount Rushmore, Stepping Stones decidedly tops the destination list for those who have been helped by A.A.,” wrote Goetz.

Special thanks to co-publishers Gia Miller and Justin Negard for their publication, which helps expand awareness of so many great events, organizations and events in the greater Northern Westchester area.

 

“A Friend of Stepping Stones” Katonah-Lewisboro Times, Halston Media Column by Don Scott

In August 2023, local Town of Bedford, New York, resident and freelance writer Don Scott’s column speaks to the importance of Stepping Stones to the entire local community and the world. Don said, “The property draws visitors from across the country and around the world, who come to be inspired as well as to reflect on the importance of the site to the recovery community.”  Click here to read the column.

“A Hidden Treasure: Katonah’s Stepping Stones”, Westchester Magazine, July 2023

Check out the great story from Westchester Magazine from July of 2023 – “A Hidden Treasure: Katonah’s Stepping Stones” by clicking here. 

Author Robert Brum interviewed Bill W.’s great niece and Stepping Stones Executive Director and tells the history of the Wilson’s arrival at their beloved home and how the legacy continues on through the Stepping Stones Foundation and support of friends like you.

 

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