NOTE: This is an unofficial website of The Seventh Step Foundation. As the creator of it, I, David H. Kessel...a member of the outside Board of Directors, am solely responsible for its content.
The Seventh Step Foundation of Oregon is an inmate initiated and operated program within the walls of Oregon State Penitentiary. Together with an outside Board of Directors, these men assist fellow-inmates to prepare for returning to the world of our society and to decrease the chances they will ever return to prison or commit any more crimes.
Coming under the rubric of "transitions program," Seventh Step is far more than that...it's a community of men who want to change their lives and who have decided to take the steps necessary to do that. It's also a group of people not in prison who know that if we don't help these men help themselves, nobody else will. That means not only those involved as members of the Board, but all the many others in the community who share the same goal...to make our society better by helping those who have stumbled along the way and who wish to stand on their own two feet and live a life they and their families and friends can be proud of.
If you have any questions or comments or wish to contribute to the efforts of these men, please contact me at socshop@yahoo.com. If you know of anyone who has participated in a Seventh Step program (or have done so yourself), I'd like to hear from them/you.
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About The Seventh Step Foundation
Newsletters of The Seventh Step
Presentation to the Membership
Links to other 7th Step Chapters
TSS Directory
About The Seventh Step Foundation of Oregon
Introduction
From the "Orientation Manual" of The Seventh Step Foundation
History of The Seventh Step Program and of the Willamette Chapter of The Seventh Step at Oregon State Penitentiary
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SEVENTH STEP ORGANIZATIONAL OUTLINE Seventh Step Narrative (Newsletter) Seventh Step Narrative (Newsletter) Seventh Step Narrative (Newsletter) Seventh Step Narrative (Newsletter)
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Newsletters of The Seventh Step Foundation
Volume 3, Issue 1
August 2003
Volume 1, Issue 3
July 1, 2002
Volume 1, Issue 2
April 1, 2002
Volume 1, Issue 1
January 1, 2002
Presentation Given to Membership of The Seventh Step Foundation
The Seven Steps
Given at Oregon State Penitentiary by David H. Kessel...8/5/99
Links to Other Seventh Step Chapters
Ontario (Canada) Seventh Step Society
The Alberta (Canada) Seventh Step Society