Keystone Community Services

Snow Update
2018-04-16
This late spring snow storm is causing some program cancelations at Keystone.
Here is the full list:
Community Kids program – CLOSED
Teen Tutor program – CLOSED
Senior programs – operating as scheduled
Food shelf services – operating as scheduled
Best Buy Teen Tech Center – operating as scheduled
Express Bike Shop – operating as scheduled
If you have any questions, please call us at 651-645-0349.

Free Family Movie Night
2018-04-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Keystone is proud to offer events for the whole family! Bring your family to the West 7th Community Center (265 Oneida Street, St. Paul) for a Free Family Movie Night on Friday, January 12.

This month’s movie is “Ferdinand” This movie is rated PG.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the movie starts at 6:15 p.m. Low cost concessions are available for purchase.

Call the West 7th Community Center at 651-298-5493 with questions.

Fare for All
2018-04-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2018-03-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2018-02-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2018-01-05 10:00 - 12:00 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Keystone offers the Fare For All program at the West 7th Community Center. This program is available to everyone. Check out more information about Fare for All here.

Urban Apprentice Training for Teens
2018-04-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Best Buy Teen Tech Center, 1150 Selby Avenue, St. Paul, 55104, United States
Looking for something fun to do during spring break? Join us for a 5-day training focused on developing the potential of young people at Keystone’s new Best Buy Teen Tech Center. Each day participants will learn a new business, entrepreneurship, or workforce skill through mini-lessons, group challenges, the latest technology tools, and offsite adventures. We’ll end the training with a friendly competition that challenges youth to use skills they’ve learned along the way. The program is free, but does require consistent attendance during the week.
Program cost: Free

Days: Monday – Friday, April 2 – 6
Time of day: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
For Youth in Grades: 9 – 12
Program location: 1150 Selby Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104
How do families register?: Interested teens should contact Chris Ohland at 651-659-0613, ext. 3 or cohland@keystoneservices.org to register.

Free Movie
2018-03-28 12:15 - 14:15 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Monthly, Keystone’s Senior Program offers free movies for your enjoyment. Join your neighbors for an afternoon watching a great movie.
Movie showings are 12:15 – 2:15 p.m. Stop by and join us!
March’s movie is Going in Style (Comedy, PG13): Lifelong buddies Willie (Morgan Freeman), Joe (Michael Caine) and Albert (Alan Arkin) decide to buck retirement and step off the straight-and-narrow when their pension funds become a corporate casualty. Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three men risk it all by embarking on a daring adventure to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
March’s movie will be shown at the West 7th Community Center.

Free Family Book Fair
2018-03-22 16:00 - 17:30 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Join us for our “Celebrating Spring” themed Free Family Book Fair. Bring the whole family for crafts, games, snacks and FREE books. Every child, toddler through teens, can choose 5 books to keep.
The event will be held in the West 7th Community Center gymnasium.

Mobile Menders Sewing Repairs
2018-03-19 17:30 - 19:30 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Do you have a pair of jeans that need hemming?
Is a button missing on a pair of shorts?
Is there a rip in your favorite shirt?

The Mobile Menders are here to help! They are a group of volunteer sewers and menders that do basic clothing repair. If you have something that needs repair, bring the clean item(s) to Keystone’s West 7th Community Center location during their sewing clinic to get fixed.
Some items the Mobile Menders will repair:

Jeans – Hemming, buttons, patches
Shirts – Buttons, patches, seam repair
Jackets – Buttons, patches and zippers
Pants – Shortening, hemming, buttons

Please clean all clothing prior to mending.
For more information on the Mobile Menders visit their website.

Free Family Movie Night
2018-03-16 18:00 - 20:00 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Keystone is proud to offer events for the whole family! Bring your family to the West 7th Community Center (265 Oneida Street, St. Paul) for a Free Family Movie Night on Friday, January 12.

This month’s movie is “CoCo” This movie is rated PG.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the movie starts at 6:15 p.m. Low cost concessions are available for purchase.

Call the West 7th Community Center at 651-298-5493 with questions.

Lunch N' Bingo
2018-03-15 11:30 - 13:30 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Monthly, Keystone’s Senior Program offers a Lunch and Bingo program. Join your neighbors at the West 7th Community Center for a meal and an afternoon of bingo. The event is sponsored by the Wellington and Stuart Co.
Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. and bingo begins at noon.
The cost is $7 for lunch, paid in advance. $1 for each bingo card.
March’s Menu: Corn beef & swiss cheese sandwiches, cold slaw and dessert. Note: vegetarian meal options are available upon request at registration.
Register by March 12 by calling 651-298-5493.

Senior Program - St. Patrick's Day Party
2018-03-14 12:15 - 13:45 | Merriam Park Community Center, 2000 St. Anthony Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Isn’t it true that we’re all Irish on St. Patrick’s Day? Dig out your green duds and join in the fun!
Celebrate with friends new and old! Music will be provided and we’ll enjoy a delicious meal of potato bar and chili with a delicious dessert.
The cost to attend is $8. Call the senior program staff at 651-298-5493 or 651-645-7424 to sign up.

TED Talks - Brown Bag Series
2018-03-08 11:30 - 13:00 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Keystone’s senior program is offering a new TED Talks series. Everyone is welcome to join us for this free event.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues.
Each month we will watch a collection of pre-selected TED talk videos with a common theme and then have time for discussion. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy while we watch and discuss the videos.
March’s TED Talks theme is American Immigration – past, present and future.

Weather Related Program Closures
2018-03-05
Due to the weather and for everyone’s safety, we have program closure news for today, March 5. Here are the details:

Community Kids program – canceled today
Teen Tutor program – canceled today
Midway Food Shelf – closed this afternoon
Rice Street Food Shelf – closing at 2:00 p.m.
Roseville Food Shelf – closing at 2:00 p.m.

If we make any other program changes, we’ll put news out via our website, social media and WCCO news.

Caritas Benefit Concert for Keystone
2018-03-04 16:00 - 17:30 | Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 451 Central Avenue W., St. Paul, MN, 55103, United States
On Sunday, March 4, Caritas Vocal Ensemble is coming to Olivet Congregational Church to perform a benefit concert for Keystone Community Services. The concert begins at 4 p.m. and will run a little over an hour. A freewill offering will be collected and proceeds will go to support Keystone’s Food Shelf programs.
Date: Sunday, March 4
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Olivet Congregational Church – 1850 Iglehart Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104
Olivet Congregational Church is long-standing donor to Keystone. Keystone is honored to partner with Olivet and Caritas for this event.
About Caritas: Caritas Vocal Ensemble is a non-profit group of choral singers with a mission. Caritas performed its first season in the spring of 2002 with the purpose of raising money and awareness for people in need. Since its inception, the group has raised over $180,000 for local charitable organizations. Caritas performs a cappella choral music — sacred and secular, traditional, contemporary and culturally diverse — and the ensemble is made up of men and women with a passion for singing coupled with a desire to make a difference in the world.

Onedia Scholarship Fund Applications Due
2018-03-02
Each year the Oneida Scholarship Fund offers grants to adults living in St. Paul’s West Seventh neighborhood who need financial help with a post-secondary education. Keystone Community Services administers the scholarships. Applications are available and must be submitted no later than March 2. Through the application, recipients demonstrate financial need, contributions to the community, clear educational goals, and capacity to be successful.
Read more about the Oneida Scholarship Fund and how to apply today.

Keystone Closed
2018-02-19 08:00 - 17:00
Keystone is closed for the Presidents’ Day holiday.

Free Family Movie Night
2018-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Keystone is proud to offer events for the whole family! Bring your family to the West 7th Community Center (265 Oneida Street, St. Paul) for a Free Family Movie Night on Friday, January 12.

This month’s movie is “Nut Job 2” This movie is rated PG.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the movie starts at 6:15 p.m. Low cost concessions are available for purchase.

Call the West 7th Community Center at 651-298-5493 with questions.

Lunch N' Bingo
2018-02-15 11:30 - 13:30 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Monthly, Keystone’s Senior Program offers a Lunch and Bingo program. Join your neighbors at the West 7th Community Center for a meal and an afternoon of bingo. The event is sponsored by the Wellington and Stuart Co.
Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. and bingo begins at noon.
The cost is $7 for lunch, paid in advance. $1 for each bingo card.
February’s Menu: Skinner’s Pizza and salad and dessert. Note: vegetarian meal options are available upon request at registration.
Register by February 12 by calling 651-298-5493.

Senior Program - Valentine Party
2018-02-09 12:15 - 13:45 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Celebrate with friends new and old! Music will be provided and we’ll enjoy a delicious meal of lasagna, salad, bread sticks and dessert.
The cost to attend is $8. Call the senior program staff at 651-298-5493 or 651-645-7424 to sign up.

TED Talks - Brown Bag Series
2018-02-08 11:30 - 13:00 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Keystone’s senior program is offering a new TED Talks series. Everyone is welcome to join us for this free event.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues.
Each month we will watch a collection of pre-selected TED talk videos with a common theme and then have time for discussion. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy while we watch and discuss the videos.
February’s TED Talks theme is: Love. The videos will discuss the many faces of love and its effect on us.

Mobile Menders Sewing Repairs
2018-01-29 17:30 - 19:30 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Due to the weather, the Mobile Menders event at the West 7th Community Center will be moved from January 22 to January 29. Thank you for your understanding.

Do you have a pair of jeans that need hemming?
Is a button missing on a pair of shorts?
Is there a rip in your favorite shirt?

The Mobile Menders are here to help! They are a group of volunteer sewers and menders that do basic clothing repair. If you have something that needs repair, bring the clean item(s) to Keystone’s West 7th Community Center location during their sewing clinic to get fixed.
Some items the Mobile Menders will repair:

Jeans – Hemming, buttons, patches
Shirts – Buttons, patches, seam repair
Jackets – Buttons, patches and zippers
Pants – Shortening, hemming, buttons

Please clean all clothing prior to mending.
For more information on the Mobile Menders visit their website.

Free Movie
2018-01-24 12:15 - 14:15 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Monthly, Keystone’s Senior Program offers free movies for your enjoyment. Join your neighbors for an afternoon watching a great movie.
Movie showings are 12:15 – 2:15 p.m. Stop by and join us!
January’s movie is The Sense of an Ending (Drama, PG13): A man leads a reclusive and quiet existence, until long buried secrets from his past force him to face the flawed recollections of his younger self, the truth about his first love and the devastating consequences of decisions made a lifetime ago.
January’s movie will be shown at the West 7th Community Center.

Keystone Closed
2018-01-23
Due to weather and road conditions, Keystone Community Services will be closed on Tuesday, January 23.

Keystone Closing Today at 3:00 p.m.
2018-01-22 15:00 - 20:00
With the snow and predicted weather for the day, Keystone Community Services is closing at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, January 22.

Lunch N' Bingo
2018-01-18 11:30 - 13:30 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Monthly, Keystone’s Senior Program offers a Lunch and Bingo program. Join your neighbors at the West 7th Community Center for a meal and an afternoon of bingo. The event is sponsored by the Wellington and Stuart Co.
Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. and bingo begins at noon.
The cost is $7 for lunch, paid in advance. $1 for each bingo card.
January’s Menu: Rooster’s Chicken and French Fries and dessert. Note: vegetarian meal options are available upon request at registration.
Register by January 16 by calling 651-298-5493.

Keystone Closed
2018-01-15
Keystone is closed in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Free Family Movie Night
2018-01-12 18:00 - 20:30 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Keystone is proud to offer events for the whole family! Bring your family to the West 7th Community Center (265 Oneida Street, St. Paul) for a Free Family Movie Night on Friday, January 12.

This month’s movie is “Despicable Me 3” This movie is rated PG.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the movie starts at 6:15 p.m. Low cost concessions are available for purchase.

Call the West 7th Community Center at 651-298-5493 with questions.

TED Talks - Brown Bag Series
2018-01-11 11:30 - 13:00 | West 7th Community Center, 265 Oneida Street, St. Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Keystone’s senior program is offering a new TED Talks series. Everyone is welcome to join us for this free event.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues.
Each month we will watch a collection of pre-selected TED talk videos with a common theme and then have time for discussion. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy while we watch and discuss the videos.
January’s TED Talks event will involve a selection of popular TED talks to introduce the concept to everyone.
