The Front Steps Project

The Front Steps Project(TM) is a fundraising endeavor created to bring communities together and help those suffering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and this book will be a heartwarming keepsake of togetherness depicting an unprecedented time in our country.

Community residents commission participating photographers to take a portrait of themselves and their loved ones on their front steps-or porch, driveway, stoop, or other outdoor location. The sessions are a time to bring people together when they feel isolated and the residents receive a portrait that memorializes their time of social distancing. Then, the proceeds from the photo session are donated by the photographers to local community groups.

Includes photos of COVID Pandemic heroes Doctor Dara Kass (44.7k Twitter followers), Doctor Craig Spencer (136k Twitter followers) and others who will share news of the book.
Authors' efforts have been covered by numerous major national media sources this spring.

Through The Front Steps Project's Instagram account, photographers across the United States-and even the globe-have been inspired to start their own programs in their communities.

As of May 9, 2020, more than 450 photographers have voluntarily replicated #TheFrontStepsProject, raising over $1,500,000 for local food pantries, hospitals, animal shelters and more.

West Margin Press will donate a portion of their profits to The United Way and its own efforts to help people impacted by this pandemic.

Communities represented in the book:

AK: Fairbanks

AR: Bella Vista

CA: Alameda, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Greenbrae, Huntington Beach, Kentfield, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Rancho Palos Verdes, Ross, San Diego, San Rafael, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Torrance, Ventura

CO: Boulder

CT: Berlin, Darien, Madison, New Canaan, Old Greenwich, Pomfret, Putnam, Suffield , West Hartford, Wilton, Windsor

FL: Miami, Santa Rosa Beach, Tampa

GA: Atlanta, Milton

HI: Honolulu, Kailua

IA: Waterloo, Waukee

ID: Boise, Driggs, Victor

IL: Oak Park , River Forest, Waterloo

IN: Fort Wayne, Kendallville, Speedway, Westfield

KS: Lawrence

KY: Louisville

LA: Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Gonzales, Mandeville, New Orleans, Port Allen, St. Francisville

MA: Amherst, Boston, Cohasset, Duxbury, Georgetown, Hamilton, Hull, Lincoln, Medford, Methuen, Milton, Needham, New Bedford , North Andover, Pelham, Rockland, Somerville, South End Boston, South Hamilton, Wellesley, West Roxbury

MD: Annapolis, Bethesda, Crofton, Owings Mills

ME: Kennebunkport , Yarmouth

MI: Bath, Brighton

MN: Burnsville, Edina, Minnetonka, New Ulm, Woodbury

MO: Brentwood, St. Louis

MS: Biloxi, Corinth, Long Beach

MT: Butte

NC: Cary, Huntersville, Mooresville

NE: Gordon

NH: Dover, Somersworth

NJ: Allendale, Edison, Glen Rock, Hoboken, Jersey City, Leonia, Middlesex, Middletown, Ridgewood, South Amboy, Union City

NM: Albuquerque, Aztec, Santa Fe

NY: Bethpage, Brooklyn, Chappaqua, Fairport, Hampton Bays, Harlem, Jamesville, Lido Beach,

New Rochelle, Pelham, Scarsdale

OH: Columbus

OK: Chattanooga, Faxon

OR: Beaverton, Bend, Portland, Redmond

PA: Mechanicsburg, Nazareth

RI: Exeter, Johnson, South Kingstown

SC: Daniel Island

SD: Tulare
TN: Chattanooga

TX: Austin, Buda, Cedar Park, Forney, Grapevine, Heath, Leander, Lockhart, Pearland, Spring, Trophy Club, Westlake

UT: Park City

VA: Arlington, Chesapeake, Stafford

VT: Fairfield

WA: Seattle

WI: Milwaukee

WV: Charles Town

WY: Alta

CAN Alberta: Calgary, Dewinton, Red Deer
CAN British Columbia: Kamloops, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Vancouver
CAN Manitoba: East Braintree, Oakbank, Stonewall, Winnipeg
CAN Ontario: Caledon, Calgary, Etobicoke, Oakville, Toronto, Welland
CAN Quebec: Beaconsfield, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Montreal, Pointe-Claire
Australia: Melbourne, Sydney
Ireland: Dublin
Jamaica: Kingston, Portland

Netherlands: Lochem
New Zealand: Tauranga
Scotland: Innerleithen
South Africa: Cape Town, Pretoria
Switzerland: Bernex, Borex, LeMont, Morges