During the winter of 2013, long-time Anoka County employee and retiree Edna Hoium stepped in to work at Stepping Stone Emergency Housing to help prevent it from closing after a few pivotal employees walked out one day. Edna’s passion and tenacity stabilized Stepping Stone, slowly getting it back on solid financial ground. Today the shelter [...]
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. [...]
Financial One Credit Union Helping Stepping Stone with a Winter Donation Drive Winter is an especially brutal time in Minnesota when you are experiencing homelessness and don't have the funds to even purchase used outerwear. We couldn't be more thrilled when Financial One Credit Union announced it was setting up a Winter Donation Drive [...]
We reached out to our community when we needed to move ALL our residents to a nearby hotel to social distance during our recent COVID outbreak. We were overwhelmed by the generous $15,000 donation by the Fridley Lions! THANK YOU Fridley Lions! When a donor donates $10,000 or more in a calendar year, they [...]
Thank you Connexus Energy! Each month, The Connexus Energy Foundation donates $1,500 to a local 501(c)(3) charity, and they chose Stepping Stone to be their September recipient! Thank you, Connexus Energy, for helping Stepping Stone with their vision that, everyone has a place to call home. #Donation #Charity #Community https://bit.ly/3vdadNZ Julie Jeppson, Executive Director
Ten volunteers came out on Saturday, November 6, (what a GORGEOUS day!) to use their muscles in removing from the shelter overused or broken furniture and equipment. Thank you volunteers who worked so hard While our residents are all sheltering at a nearby hotel (due to a COVID outbreak, we needed to act fast [...]
We need your help! $80K per Month Emergency COVID Response Recently, COVID has come on like a tsunami and on October 1st, Stepping Stone took expensive emergency action to ensure the safety of our residents and staff by moving half of our residents to an area hotel to allow for more social distancing. Initially, quarantining [...]
We always want to share with the community the good times and the not-so-good times, and I think that by working together we're doing a really good job! But in everything we do, the content must be real (impactful, educational, honest, sincere, etc.). This week, we've experienced a very real week. The following explains [...]
