STEP Receives Good Reviews from Clients
July 29, 2011
Taking time to reflect on the work we do here at STEP and how we do it is vital to our success and strength as a food shelf. Throughout the year we are asked to examine and perhaps adjust some of the ways we do business, making the food shelf run more smoothly and efficiently for clients, volunteers,... Read more »
STEP’s Youngest Fundraisers
July 29, 2011
My name is Jacob Greenwald. I am a senior at Hopkins, and I am a youth volunteer at STEP this summer. For three hours every Tuesday, I work with other teens and adults unloading the weekly shipment of milk and other perishables, unloading deliveries of canned goods, keeping the shelves stocked with... Read more »
The Fabulous Silesky Boys: Len & Walt
July 29, 2011
The “Roaring Twenties” was one filled with memorable cultural icons including the Ford Model T, talking motion pictures, flappers dancing the Charleston, Babe Ruth, and pilot, Charles Lindberg. Perhaps of most importance was the birth of 2 fabulous brothers, Leonard and Walter Silesky. They represent... Read more »
STEP Receives Challenge Grant from Beverly Foundation for Capital Campaign
July 11, 2011
The St. Louis Park Emergency Program (STEP) has received a challenge grant from the Beverly Foundation. The Foundation will match all new gifts to STEP’s capital campaign, STEPing Forward, dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $30,000. STEP is nearing the end of its STEPing Forward Capital Campaign... Read more »
STEP will receive Federal Food during State Shutdown
July 6, 2011
The Minnesota Department of Human Services confirmed Friday afternoon that The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), previously on the list of non-critical programs to be suspended, will continue despite the shutdown. Fortunately, this will allow STEP to continue to access good quality, free food... Read more »
Impact of State Shutdown on STEP
July 1, 2011
STEP (St. Louis Park Emergency Program) has just been notified from Second Harvest Heartland that due to the Minnesota state shutdown, TEFAP products cannot be distributed to agencies as of July 1, 2011. As the state has shutdown, this will affect how STEP is able to access food. TEFAP stands for “The... Read more »