The Lao Assistance Center is pleased to thank the Stevens Square Foundation for their generous support of our efforts to reach out and engage Lao American elders to help them pursue lives building communities where elders live with dignity, mutual respect and shared responsibilities across generations and cultures.
Stevens Square Foundation is dedicated to inspiring and enabling people to live with dignity, with particular emphasis on the needs of the elderly and children. They strive to improve the lives of individuals in the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area by providing support to organizations that are responsive, innovative, and effective in meeting these needs.
Formed in 1881 to provide a home for children orphaned or displaced by the typhoid epidemic which struck Minneapolis in that year, Stevens Square, known initially as the Society for the Relief of Homeless Children, was the 7th charitable organization created in Minneapolis. The Home had as residents both children and elderly women in need of a home. Both populations were accommodated at the facility until 1935 when it was determined that there was no longer a need for children's lodging given the widespread use of foster care.
From 1935 to 2004, Stevens Square continued to provide shelter to an increasingly frail, elderly population. In its next chapter, the Stevens Square Board intends to pursue the same goals of service to the elderly and to children in the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area by making annual awards to non-profit agencies which serve the needs of these populations.
Established in 1983, the Lao Assistance Center is honored to be supported by the Stevens Square Foundation as we continue to work towards improving the lives of our elders and engaging them in meaningful issues of our times.
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