Minnesota FoodShare, a Response to Hunger
February 22, 2012
In an excerpt from his book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, Dr. Martin Luther King calls upon us to eradicate poverty both nationally and globally. He refers to poverty as being “like a monstrous octopus, stretching its choking, prehensile tentacles into lands and villages all over... Read more »
11th Annual St. Louis Park Empty Bowls Event set for March 8
February 7, 2012
STEP, St. Louis Park’s local food shelf, is excited to announce the date for the 11th Annual Empty Bowl Event for Thursday, March 8th, 2012. This event brings together art and hunger awareness in a community-wide effort to support our neighbors in need. Local artists and community members make... Read more »
This Holiday Season in Numbers
December 21, 2011
Click on each number to learn more and to help support the work in our community! 530 St. Louis Park families that received a Thanksgiving Food Basket from STEP 78 Volunteers needed to set-up STEP’s Toy Shop and distribute new toys to over 700 St. Louis Park children 61,921 Pounds of food distributed... Read more »
STEP Distributes 530 Holiday Food Baskets
December 7, 2011
Throughout November, STEP, St. Louis Park’s local food shelf, was a little busier than normal. Each day, STEP volunteers and staff were not only distributing the usual amount of food—over 3,000 pounds—and clothing—over 30 bags—they were also distributing Thanksgiving Food Baskets to St. Louis... Read more »
Thanks to you…
November 17, 2011
Give to the Max Day for STEP was a huge success! From midnight to midnight on November 16th, 2011, over 180 donations were made to STEP to total $13,687. This blew away the total from last year of only $8,000! These contributions will ensure that STEP continues to provide for the basic needs of food,... Read more »
STEP’s Holiday Program Ready to Serve Families
November 1, 2011
St. Louis Park Emergency Program (STEP) is excited to announce the dates of our upcoming Holiday Program. This Holiday Season STEP will be distributing a Holiday Food Basket during the month of November as well as Holiday Toys in December to St. Louis Park households. With the local food shelf continuing... Read more »
STEP Annual Report Available
October 27, 2011
Dear Friend of STEP: Mark Twain wrote that “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see.” The generosity of our remarkable community proved it over the past year. While the economy falters and uncertainty over the future remains high, STEP’s dedication has never been... Read more »
STEP Ready to Distribute Coats & Winter-wear Items
October 17, 2011
Thanks to the volunteer leadership of Andrea Kaiserman and Norma Kaplan, STEP’s Community Room has been transformed into our Coat & Winter-wear Room, ready to serve the needs of St. Louis Park families just as the weather is getting colder. Andrea & Norma were assisted by a number... Read more »
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 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 »