Coon Rapids Police Adds Mental Health Professional Many in the homeless community, as well as Stepping Stone residents, deal with mental health issues daily. We were so excited to hear that the Coon Rapids Police Department is working toward a solution when it comes to their growing number of mental health calls. Read or [...]
We LOVE Our Volunteers! We know that we could not do what we do without the help of our community. We aren’t just talking about monetary donations, we’re talking about VOLUNTEERS! Volunteers at Stepping Stone do a variety of tasks and help take the burden off our staff, while enriching the lives of our [...]
Updates to Our Second Floor North Metro TV and ABC Newspapers Report on our Exciting News The second floor expansion has been exciting for us - and newsworthy! Read the ABC Newspaper article here. Watch the North Metro TV news piece:
Emergency Staffing Pool Means We Move Back to the Shelter! So many of us are experiencing staffing shortages right now. Some, even dangerously low. Stepping Stone is no exception. The State asked for our feedback and responded! During a listening session, key State decision makers heard the struggles that we’re having. In response, they [...]
2021 A Year in Review Unprecedented! If we had to choose one word that described 2021, that's what it would be. Despite some huge adversities that the shelter faced with the pandemic, we had some amazing things happen this past year. Highlights of 2021: 1. We appreciate and extend our gratitude to our [...]
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 [...]
