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Active Seniors Program a second home for Vince

Quiet and unassuming, Vince downplays the length of his involvement with Keystone Community Services when he says "it goes back a little ways." In fact, Vince has been connected with Keystone (and its predecessor agency, Merriam Park Community Services) for nearly 30 years. After farming in southwestern Minnesota, Vince moved to St. Paul's Merriam Park neighborhood in the 1956. When a bowling buddy mentioned that Keystone needed volunteers, Vince signed up to help distribute food commodities to low-income families (the program is no longer offered). Read more »
Rewards in retirement

When Jim retired last year after a three-decade career at Travelers Insurance, he was looking for something meaningful to do with his free time. He saw a notice in a local newspaper that Keystone Community Services needed volunteer drivers for the Meals on Wheels program. It turns out Jim's own mother, living in outstate Minnesota, had received Meals on Wheels for five years and Jim recalls what a difference it made for his family. Read more »