Volunteer and Help With This Important State-Wide Count The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) asks communities each year to gather information on all the people experiencing homelessness on a given night during the last 10 days in January. The 2022 Point-In-Time (PIT) count is set for Wednesday, January 26th, 2022. [...]
Financial One Donates $5,000 in an End of Year Donation Ross Bloomquist, President of Financial One, created a 1+1+1 = 3 Essentials initiative in which they donate nights of shelter to Stepping Stone each year. With this donation, they have donated $12,000 in 2021 which equals 240 nights of shelter! Our residents, and future [...]
Happy 71st birthday to one of our residents, but.......... The kindness and thoughtfulness of the residents who decorated her door was so incredibly thoughtful! They really are a community and support one another whenever possible. However, if you think about it a little more, why is a 71-year-old living in a homeless shelter? On every [...]
Compassion Church in Anoka Invites Stepping Stone Residents to a Special Service and Dinner On Sunday, December 19, Compassion Church in Anoka hosted a dinner and worship service for their congregation and invited Stepping Stone residents to join them. Lead Pastor Rob Bergfalk had the following to say: "I was very encouraged by last night! [...]
On Saturday, December 18, staff took a few hours to catch their breath and enjoy a holiday outing at Topgolf! There was much laughter to be heard and everyone enjoyed getting to know each other away from the work environment. A special thank you to Bradley Hunt, Thrivent Financial, for generously hosting our [...]
Stepping Stone Joined the Simpson Housing Services and Many Others at Their Annual Minnesota Homeless Memorial March and Service on Thursday, December 16, 2021 Some of Stepping Stone's staff and residents joined others last night to honor those that have died while homeless in Minnesota. Stepping Stone has felt the loss of some [...]
Simpson Housing Services Holds Their Annual Minnesota Homeless Memorial March and Service on Thursday, December 16, 2021 For 37 years, hundreds of community members have come together for the Homeless Memorial March and Service to remember people who have died while homeless. 4 p.m. Vigil and Silent March 7 p.m. Service of Remembrance For [...]
An Easy Way to Help Stepping Stone This Winter We’re participating in the myWalgreens donation program! You can donate your myWalgreens cash rewards to Stepping Stone Emergency Housing thru February 28, 2022. At Walgreens, you’ll earn unlimited 1% Walgreens Cash rewards when you shop and you can choose how much to donate. It’s that easy. [...]
