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the capacity of
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families to
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Keystone Community Services
2000 St. Anthony Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104
651.645.0349

Welcome to Keystone Community Services!
Get acquainted with Keystone, a nonprofit human services agency in St. Paul, Minnesota, providing vital assistance for people at every stage in life. To learn more about Keystone, click here.

News Updates

The Walk to End Hunger is an initiative developed to raise awareness and funds to end hunger in the nine-county metro area of Minnesota and gather thousands of non-perishable food items for hunger relief organizations in the Twin Cities. It will provide the public with a meaningful, accessible, family-friendly opportunity to contribute to this important cause that addresses the most basic of human needs - hunger.

This is the perfect event for families, faith communities, youth groups, businesses and community groups to work together to end hunger. Visit The Walk to End Hunger web site at www.walktoendhunger.org to sign up as a walker or sponsor a walker and learn more about the event and its sponsors.

Walk to End Hunger is presented by the Twin Cities Hunger Initiative, a collaboration of hunger relief partner agencies that have developed a definitive plan to eliminate hunger in the Twin Cities by 2013. Initiative partners working with MOA on Walk to End Hunger includes Keystone Community Services and nine other partners working to end hunger in the Twin Cities.

Event Information:

The Walk to End Hunger offers participants a vehicle for sharing and three ways to get involved and be part of the solution:

Food Drive, November 22-27, 2008

The North Entrance of Nickelodeon Universe at MOA will serve as a collection site for non-perishable food items. Food will be distributed to local food shelves by the Emergency Foodshelf Network.

Phone-A-Thon, November 22-26, 2008

Call 612-807-2228 to make donations over the phone. Volunteers will be standing by to take phone donations from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. each day during this time period. All proceeds will be distributed to the participating Hunger Initiative partners.

Walk to End Hunger, Thanksgiving Day Morning,

Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:00 to 11:00 a.m.

• 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. Open Registration
• 7:30 to 11:00 a.m. Walk (the 5K route takes less than 2 hours for the average walker to complete; walkers can walk as much or as little as they like)
• 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Program and Entertainment

Eric Nyberg named president of Keystone Community Services
The Board of Directors of Keystone Community Services has named interim president Eric Nyberg, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., as president of the agency, succeeding Greg Wandersee who retired in May. "Eric brings tremendous experience and insight to this position. He is an excellent choice for leading Keystone at this point in its history," said John Wagner, chair of Keystone's board, which conducted a search for Wandersee's replacement over the past several months. Nyberg has been on the staff at Keystone (and its predecessor agency, Merriam Park Community Services) since 1984, most recently serving as vice president and chief program and development officer. In that capacity, he was responsible for agency programs overall, fund-raising and communications.

Hi-rise seniors receive help through Keystone's collaboration
Edgerton Hi-Rise resident Don recently got a new glucometer from his doctor, but the 67-year-old wasn't sure how to use the blood sugar measuring device. When he told his Keystone Community Services social worker about it, Mary Kollmann knew who could help. Click here to read about Don and Keystone casework services.

In their homes and off the streets
Click here to read how Keystone helps families struggling with serious housing problems to find help.