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Connecting Our Community

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With the help of caring donors, volunteers and community partners, Keystone Community Services works to ensure that individuals, families, seniors and youth in our service area can live with dignity and hope. Learn more.

Connected Community

Spotlights

  • Volunteers tackle repacking 8,000 pounds of bulk rice

    Volunteers from Grace Church Roseville and Rose Hill Alliance Church joined forces on Saturday, April 21, to repack 8,000 pounds of bulk rice for Keystone Community Services food shelves. 

    Rice is an important part of every meal for many Keystone food shelf clients. Buying it in bulk and repacking it is more economical than purchasing pre-packaged rice, according to Margo Kemp Johnson, Keystone's director of community relations. Read more »

  • Hamline community fills bowls for food shelves

    More than 200 people took part in this year's Empty Bowls community dinner and educational festival at Hamline University in April. The student-led event, sponsored by the University's Office of Service Learning and Volunteerism, raised more than $1,000 for Keystone's food shelves. Christine Pulver, Keystone's Basic Needs director, was among the speakers who talked about the problem of hunger in our community and around the world. Thanks to all who participated in this informative event and made a donation to fight hunger.