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Connexus Volunteers Change Our Landscape

Stepping Stone residents (and staff!) thank Connexus Energy and Connexus Energy Foundation for the outdoor makeover!  We are beyond words! In mid-May, Connexus Energy brought their heavy equipment and nearly 30 volunteers to beautify the Stepping Stone campus. This one-day project would have taken us all summer to accomplish (or longer). Our residents [...]

Connexus Volunteers Change Our Landscape2023-06-27T10:47:57-05:00

Stories of Compassion

Compassion A guiding vision and key to what we do here at Stepping Stone is compassion. We want to meet our residents where they are at and treat each individual with compassion. Meeting people where they are at, making sure they have a safe place to live, and giving them every opportunity to move [...]

Stories of Compassion2023-06-15T15:44:13-05:00

Healing Comes Through Your Support

A downward spiral causes a grandma to lose all hope. At Stepping Stone, we meet close to 400 people at our shelter each year. There are no rules to homelessness. It can happen to anyone, at any time. Sometimes a life event starts a downward spiral that can quickly change your world. "Stepping Stone [...]

Healing Comes Through Your Support2023-03-23T09:53:50-05:00

Businesses Step Up for Stepping Stone through Silent Auction Donation

Stepping Stone’s residents are supported through generous donations from our business community.  Please check out and support these businesses who have helped us by donating items to our silent auction fundraisers. Keep checking back to see who else is supporting our residents as they strive toward self-reliance! [...]

Businesses Step Up for Stepping Stone through Silent Auction Donation2023-03-17T13:46:59-05:00

Our Holiday Heroes!

Thank you to our community of donors who used their time, talents, and money, to make sure our residents had a very, merry Christmas! Each year Stepping Stone reaches out to the community and asks for help in making the holidays a joyful one for our residents. With our second floor remodel in [...]

Our Holiday Heroes!2023-01-04T20:45:10-06:00

Community Businesses Help Fill a Need (and bellies!)

Thank you Unique Dining, Coon Rapids CDJR, Wold Architects, and Morcon Construction for helping feed Stepping Stone’s residents. Stepping Stone has had an exciting fall! We acquired the second floor of our building and have been under renovations for a few months. We were informed by our contractor [...]

Community Businesses Help Fill a Need (and bellies!)2023-01-03T22:32:22-06:00

Change the System-Part One

Good and Bad Men A famous Jewish Rabbi once said, “The poor you will always have with you.” In another famous text, Dao De Ching, the author is quoted as saying, “What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you don’t [...]

Change the System-Part One2022-10-07T20:11:29-05:00

Julie Jeppson Says Goodbye

So Many Good Things to Come It’s said that word travels fast, and you may have heard that I’ve resigned my position at Stepping Stone in order to campaign full-time for Anoka County Commissioner. I am filled with mixed emotions. I will deeply miss being part of Stepping Stone’s day-to-day struggles and successes. And at [...]

Julie Jeppson Says Goodbye2022-08-03T18:17:34-05:00
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