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Created on March 18, 2020, The Front Steps Project began when friends Kristen Collins and Cara Soulia chose to unite their neighbors through images of life in quarantine. Along with other local photographers, they committed to take a few hours each day to go to neighborhoods around Needham, Massachusetts to photograph residents in front of their homes in exchange for donations to their local food pantry. Within days, #TheFrontStepsProject became a grassroots social mission, connecting thousands of people across the globe and currently raising over $3,250,000 for vital non-profit organizations and local businesses including food pantries, frontline workers, homeless and animal shelters, hospitals and more. Hundreds of thousands of images and stories of love, sacrifice, joy, compassion, kindness, pride, perseverance, and - ultimately hope - are flooding social media.



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Kristen Collins

Kristen Collins is a self-described "coffee-moment idea" machine, nonstop chatterbox, and professional volunteer. She has spent over 25 years in communications, always uncovering compelling stories, people, products, and missions, then finding ways to bring them attention through media coverage, marketing programs, community engagement, and more.Kristen is the cofounder of The Front Steps Project, a global social movement that has raised $3.25 million dollars by photographing families in isolation during COVID-19 in exchange for donations to non-profit organizations and local businesses. She lives in Needham, Massachusetts with her husband and two children.



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