Step Up Foundation

09/05/2026

WE NEED YOU ON TEAM !

Food Pantries is proud to participate in the Community Foundation of Monroe County’s 2026 —and local businesses have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference for students across Monroe County.

Our goal is simple: place a food pantry in every Monroe County school so students can access nutritious food with dignity, privacy, and support.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

1. Become a sponsor.
2. Choose as your team.
3. Share this post.
4. Help us spread the word throughout our community.

Every sponsorship earns points for and helps us compete for additional funding to expand our impact and support even more local students.

GET IN THE GAME. JOIN . HELP US MAKE SURE NO STUDENT GOES HUNGRY.

Sponsorship info:
https://cfmonroe.org/playoffs

Last year, Playoffs teams raised more than $178,000 for local causes, introduced community missions to hundreds of new supporters, and generated attention across Monroe County and beyond.

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

Had some much needed help getting shelves built at Monroe Middle School today! Thank you Cole! Food going in soon! Monroe Public Schools

08/07/2026

We are incredibly proud to welcome Brian & Dana Reicker of Tim Hortons to the Step Up Foundation family as one of our newest PANTRY SPONSORS! (COMING SOON - Monroe Middle School pantry build in progress!) 😀

Their generous support goes far beyond a donation—it is an investment in the students of Monroe County and in our mission to make sure no child has to face the school day hungry.

Because of community partners like the Reicker's with Tim Hortons, we can continue building and stocking in-school pantries that give students easy, dignified access to the food and essentials they need.

Brian & Dana, thank you for believing in what we are building, supporting our students, and choosing to STEP UP in such a meaningful way.

Together, we’re building something that will make an impact for years to come. ❤️

Tim Hortons
Monroe Public Schools
Community Foundation of Monroe County

08/07/2026

A huge THANK YOU to Leonard at L A Lawn & Landscaping LLC for STEPPING UP with an incredibly generous donation to the Step Up Foundation!

Leonard, you are now officially one of our Legacy Donors, and your generosity is helping us make a real, lasting difference in the fight to end childhood hunger in Monroe County schools.

Every donation helps us provide students with the food, dignity, and support they deserve—and we are incredibly grateful to have L A Lawn & Landscaping LLC standing beside us in this mission.

Thank you for STEPPING UP for our students and our community!

06/15/2026

🚨 BUSINESS SPONSOR NEEDED 🚨

The Step Up Foundation is looking for a community-minded business to help us complete the build-out of our next student food pantry at Raisinville Elementary School in Monroe County.

Over the past several months, we have partnered with incredible local businesses, organizations, and families to create in-school pantry spaces that provide students with immediate, dignified access to food when they need it most. Because of those partnerships, we have already completed 5 of our 8 Monroe Public Schools pantry projects.

Now it's Raisinville Elementary's turn.

We are seeking a sponsor to help fund and support the pantry build-out, including shelving, signage, storage solutions, and the initial food inventory needed to get students off to a strong start.

This is more than a donation. It's an opportunity to directly impact local children and families while leaving a lasting legacy within our community.

Every student deserves the chance to learn on a full stomach.

If your business is interested in partnering with us, please send us a message or visit www.stepupmonroe.com (http://www.stepupmonroe.com/) to learn more.

05/19/2026

We have been busy hitting the pavement, talking to organizations, and rallying the community to raise enough support to unlock our $5,000 Community Foundation of Monroe County Matching Grant — and WE DID IT!

THANK YOU, MONROE! ❤️

We have some very special people and organizations we want to recognize for helping push us over the top these last few weeks.

First, Louise Bauerschmidt, Kathy DeSloover and Ann Lux held a garage sale fundraiser and raised an incredible $500 donation for Step Up Foundation! Even more amazing, this group is made up of retired teachers from Monroe Public Schools and Mason who saw our mission and decided to step up to help further it. Talk about never truly retiring when it comes to helping kids! Kudos ladies, and THANK YOU for believing in our mission to fight childhood hunger in Monroe County.

Secondly, thanks to Sam Struth, I had the opportunity to speak at a board meeting for the Community Uplift Program "CUP". Yesterday, we received the exciting call that CUP would be donating $1,010 — putting us OVER THE TOP and officially making this grant FULLY FUNDED!

We are beyond grateful. What makes this even more special is that CUP is also part of the Community Foundation of Monroe County family as a fundholder, making this partnership incredibly meaningful to us. If you get a chance, please check out their organization and all the amazing things they are doing throughout Monroe County!

To everyone who donated, shared our mission, encouraged us, or helped along the way — THANK YOU. This community continues to prove what can happen when people come together for kids.

Exciting things are ahead for Step Up Foundation! More pantries are already in the works, new and existing partnerships continue to grow stronger, and this is only the beginning!

Together, we are building something bigger for the kids and families of Monroe County. Stay tuned… the best is yet to come!

04/15/2026

Happy to announce our webpage is finally live!!

www.stepupmonroe.com

04/11/2026

ONLY $1,655 to go and we reach our donation match goal with Community Foundation of Monroe County! Any donation helps!

DONATE BELOW! 👇

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