CURRENT NEEDS

Stepping Stone Emergency Housing

Stepping Stone Emergency Housing has several ways you can help them. They are currently in need of donated meals, donated items, and volunteers.

The Donate A Dinner volunteer program is back at Stepping Stone. They are looking for groups, three people per group maximum, to cook a meal off-site in a licensed community kitchen, or to cook purchased retail foods on-site, but they must be unopened and labeled (e.g. Take and Bake Lasagna, retail meal items like Costco or Simek’s). They are not licensed to cook from scratch, so they rely heavily on donated food and groups to bring in meals. You can also provide food from a restaurant. Pizza Ranch in Andover will give a discount if you tell them it is for Stepping Stone. They also allow sandwiches to be prepared on-site if the group brings the “fixings”- it is totally up to you. Plates, utensils, beverages, and clean up will be provided. For more information or to sign up please click the link below.

Stepping Stone Emergency Housing has some immediate needs for donations.

Immediate Needs for the Kitchen:

Saltines
Ritz crackers or generic
Bulk bags of potato chips
Coffee grounds – regular only
Nacho/tortilla chips
Fresh apples, oranges, bananas and pears
Canned fruit

Immediate Needs for Residents:

New or gently used:
- XL twin sheets
- Blankets/bedding
- Kitchen utensils (for residents who are moving out)
Ethnic hair care products (full size)
Foot powder
Slippers/House Shoes (variety of men’s and women’s sizes)

Stepping Stone also has an Immediate need for homemade cloth face masks. Please email or call 763.323.7006 if you can help.

Another easy way you can donate to Stepping Stone is to purchase items that they need from their Amazon Wish List.

Stepping Stone is seeking Food Delivery Volunteers. For more information on how to volunteer for this and other opportunities please click below.

Chores & More

Chores and More is looking for volunteers to help with Spring Clean-up. Groups or individuals can sign up to provide Spring yard clean-up for senior citizens living in Anoka County. For more information or to volunteer please contact Fred Wagner at ACCAP at (763) 783-4714 or .

Every Meal

Every Meal works to combat hunger in our community by filling the gaps to food access that children face: primarily weekends and Summers. Volunteer individually or with a group at a food packing event at the Every Meal facility.