Next Step

The newest issue of Elephants and Tea is out!

We're so lucky to be able to partner with such an amazing publication.

There are countless ways people cope with cancer, June's magazine shares some of those experiences.

(Check out the bottom of page 31!)

Elephants and Tea - June 2026 Experience our interactive, profoundly engaging digital publication!

Wow, June is already here and July will be here before we know it!

Next Step is hosting two 4-day weekend programs for teens and young adults, aged 16-24, with serious, chronic illness.

Join us from Thursday July 16th to Sunday July 19th, or Thursday July 30th to Sunday August 2nd, for a weekend full of community, learning, and original music!

So many amazing original songs have come out of these programs that help the young participants to share their experiences with the world who don't know the challenges of living with a chronic illness.

Visit the link below to learn all about these weekend programs as well as how to register to attend!

2026 Next Step Summer Campferences - Next Step Fund, Inc. We are hosting two different sessions of our FREE residential Summer Campference program for young people, ages 16-24, living with a chronic illness at the Warren Conference Center and Inn […]

Our first Campference of 2026 is in the books!

Two weeks ago, 20 young people joined us at the Hampton Inn in Watertown, MA for a fun, restorative, and deeply engaging experience centered on self-advocacy in relationships.

Across th weekend, participants stepped into creative workshops that include building dioramas, exploring theatre skits that practiced navigating challenging conversations, creating vision jars with words of empowerment.

It wouldn't be a Next Step Campference without music! The participants made 1-minute songs in spontaneous burst of collaborative songwriting.

We're only 1 campference down with more to come this summer! Visit https://www.nextstepnet.org/events/category/program/ to learn about more of Next Step's programs, not just our Campfereences.