Events
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Next Step Guide to Adulting Series: Budgeting and Money Mindset
Online! , United StatesWant to get more comfortable thinking about money? Have questions about how to budget? Join our Guide to Adulting Series: Budgeting and Money Mindset on Tuesday, April 22nd from 6pm to 7:15pm (EST) to learn helpful tips from an expert alongside your peers. This virtual program is for teens and young adults, ages 16-29, living […]
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PorchFest Somerville 2025
Next Step is participating in PorchFest Somerville 2025 and you're invited! Join us on Saturday, May 10th from 4pm to 6pm in Somerville, MA for a feel-good afternoon of live music, community connection, and inspiration. Email Alice Sich, Next Step Events and Operations Coordinator, to RSVP: alice@nextstepnet.org Whether you're dropping by to enjoy some tunes, […]
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2025 Summer Campference
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 in Ashland, MA. Part camp, part conference, our 4-day Summer Campference fosters friendships and community with peers who "get it." At a Next Step Summer Campference, […]
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2025 ASICS Falmouth Road Race
We have 13 amazing volunteers on our 2025 Falmouth Road Race team this year. Each athlete on Team Next Step has trained all summer for the race on Sunday, August 17th in Falmouth, MA. They are ready to conquer the 7-mile race in support of our community, music and mentorship programs for seriously ill young […]
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Next Step Songbook (Fall 2025)
Do you experience complicated feelings around life, your medical journey, connections with others? Are you struggling with your confidence and using your voice with your doctors, at school, work or in your social life? Next Step Songbook is about finding your voice and your story through songwriting. Kimberly, Next Step Song Studio Director, will help […]
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STRIVE (2025-2026 academic year)
Next Step STRIVE is a FREE weekly mentorship program for teens, ages 13-18, living with a chronic illness in Boston, Washington, D.C., New York City, New Haven and Philadelphia. As a STRIVE student, you'll get one-on-one academic support and access to a community of peers in a safe and welcoming environment. Sound cool? Sign up […]
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2025 Fall Campference
We are hosting our annual Fall Campference for young people living with a chronic illness from Friday, October 17 to Sunday, October 19, 2025 at the Stony Point Center in […]
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2025-2026 Next Step Annual Fund
Every great journey starts with a question: What is possible? For teens and young adults living with serious chronic illnesses, that question can feel out of reach. Diagnoses like cancer, sickle cell disease, and HIV often overshadow their dreams and potential. Each year, thousands of teens transition out of pediatric care, losing support systems they relied […]
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When Lightning Strikes 2 Launch Party
Join Next Step on Tuesday, January 27th from 7pm to 8pm EST for an exciting virtual gathering as we celebrate the release of our second comic book, When Lightning Strikes 2, created by and inspired by our incredible young people and artists. The story marks the return of Kara, the main character who lives with […]
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Next Step Comic Book Celebration & Art Exhibition
LabCentral 700 Main Street, Cambridge, United StatesJoin Next Step on Thursday, March 12, 2026, from 4:30pm to 7pm EST at LabCentral in Cambridge, MA for an unforgettable evening celebrating the first public exhibition of our two comic books, When Lightning Strikes, featuring the journey of Kara, a young superhero living with sickle cell disease. This event is free to join. Register […]
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Spring Campference 2026
We are hosting our 2026 Spring Campference for young adults, ages 18-29, living with a chronic illness from Friday, April 10th to Sunday, April 12th at the Hampton Inn & […]
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Support our Boston Marathon team!
Team Next Step is back to run the historic Boston Marathon! This year we have five amazing athletes running the 130th Boston Marathon on Sunday, August 20th. Their support will […]
