Keep in Step with Stepping Stone
Our Response to What is Happening in the World Right Now:
As Stepping Stone, we stand on our four pillars of empower, respect, collaborate, and steward. It’s not enough that they are on our web site and printed on a sign. We need to step up and prove that these words have power and purpose, providing us with a compass on how to live our lives, at work, at home, and in our communities.
In response to what’s happening right now, we are:
- Empowering staff and residents by providing a safe space to voice thoughts, feelings, and emotions without fear of saying the wrong thing, because saying nothing is worse.
- Respecting each other to intentionally improve upon our communication, actions, and responses to racial issues, tension, and confrontation.
- Collaborating with those who have lived experiences of homelessness and racial oppression, both staff and residents, to ensure that our communications, actions, and responses are productive and necessary.
- Being good stewards by looking after, managing, and ensuring that all residents receive the support, resources, and opportunities they need.
We continue to work hard for those who are experiencing homelessness, regardless of color, shade, blemish, and brokenness.
What Can you Do?
- Donate today by mail or on our website
- Register for Real Stories | One Stage
- Donate Amazon Wish List items
- Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter (to the right)
- Volunteer
- Ask your employer to match gifts
- Log in to smile.amazon.com and donate 5% of your purchases to Stepping Stone
- Allocate Thrivent Choice Dollars
- Sign up to donate a meal
Immediate Needs for the Kitchen:
- Boxes of cereal-variety is always appreciated
- Pop Tarts
- Beef jerky
- Pistachio nuts
- Walnuts
- Fresh bananas, oranges, apples, and grapes
- Protein bars
- Reduced sugar snacks for those with diabetes
- Individual:
- Assorted potato chips
- Peanut butter crackers
- Packets of grits
- Sealed fruit cups
“[Stepping Stone is] one of the best positioned shelters in the state due to actions taken and relationships made right away. Things may happen, but they were unpreventable.”
-Blaire Harrison, MN Department of Health Liaison Officer for the COVID-19 Homeless and Sheltered Response
Donate with confidence, knowing that Stepping Stone has met the Charities Review Council’s stringent standards for excellence in nonprofit management. We have once again received our Meets Standard approval through 2024!
Stepping Stone Emergency Housing is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. One hundred percent of your donation is tax deductible. Upon receiving your donation, we will send you a letter which will serve as your receipt. Tax ID# 20-3226868
“We may not be able to repair what does not want to be fixed, but we can cause a breakthrough, an opening for more compassion, understanding, and change.”
Michelle, former Stepping Stone resident
Our Mission
Support individuals 18 and over who are experiencing homelessness by accelerating the growth of available shelter that brings education and solutions to our homeless response.
Our Vision
Provide a safe and inclusive community response to ending homelessness for all.
Our Guiding Principles & Values
–Empower individuals to change their lives
-Treat all with dignity and respect
–Collaborate with partners in providing services
-Ensure strong stewardship in managing resources