Press Releases

Giant Steps is honored to announce it will be the benefactor of the Two Brothers Summer Festival, an annual craft beer and music festival hosted by Two Brothers Brewing Company. In its ninth year, festival organizers say the two-day festival brings together the best beer and the best bands; all for the ultimate goal of raising money for local chari...

  The Giant Steps family is overwhelmed with gratitude after a successful charity gala this weekend. Approximately $225,000 was raised at the 21 st annual Giant Steps charity auction, which was held Friday evening at Bobak's Signature Room in Woodridge, IL. This year's theme was "Giant Steps Derby: Race to the Future" and it proved to be a ver...

​ March 20, 2017 – Giant Steps, a Lisle-based school for children and young adults with autism, is launching an equine therapy program in partnership with Rich Harvest Farms (RHF) in Sugar Grove, IL. Sara Carley joined the Giant Steps team to take the reins and bring the school's first certified equine therapy program to life. Carley, a certified P...

March 10, 2017 : Giant Steps is proud to announce that the 2017 Sugar Grove Corn Boil festival's 50th anniversary celebration will be dedicated to the Canopy Adult Services Program (CASP). The celebration begins Friday, July 28th at 5:00 p.m. with a parade, led by CASP participants and staff members, which will end in Volunteer Park where the Corn ...

2017 PASTA FUNDRAISER February 24, 2017 – Giant Steps is excited to announce the launch of a partnership with Fun Pasta Fundraising, which will help fund a variety of high school student programming this year. A large portion of the proceeds will go toward providing a real high school prom experience for our students. Fundraising dollars will help ...