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Stony Creek Way - New Group Home Groundbreaking

We are so excited to have officially broken ground on the build of our new group home on 4/08/2025! This new facility will be home for 10 adults with serious mental illness and will be fully accessible. We anticipate that construction will be completed in November and hope to have residents occupying the home by the end of this year. We are incredi...
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Disc Replay day for Stepping Stones

​ Disc Replay of Rockford has generously agreed to donate 10% of their day's sales on Saturday, April 26, 2025 to Stepping Stones of Rockford. Disc Replay (815-227-0532) is located in the Forest Plaza, next to Kohl's, at 6085 E. State Street in Rockford and will be open from 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. on April 26. They sell and trade used DVD a...
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Groundbreaking Ceremony at Stony Creek Way

In just two weeks, Stepping Stones of Rockford will be hosting a Groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of the construction for our new Group Home on Stony Creek Way. The  new Group Home is located at 1480 Stony Creek Way in Rockford, IL. Opening remarks will begin at 2:00 p.m. The Groundbreaking ceremony is expected to ...
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A Message from Our CEO

November, 2024  ​ Dear Friend of Stepping Stones, While I have been a proud Midwesterner all my life, I've always maintained a lure of oceans and have visited their beaches many times over the years. There's nothing like the smell of salt that greets me when I first arrive, listening to the waves crash against the shore as the sun warms my fac...
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Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2024.

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Join the moveme...
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Stepping Stones of Rockford receives the Mental Health Organization of the Year.

Stepping Stones of Rockford was awarded the Mental Health Organization of the Year 2024 by  NAMI Northern Illinois at their 40th anniversary on 10/09/2024. NAMI Northern of Illinois gave this award saying Steppings Stones of Rockford d emonstrates exceptional commitment, innovation, and effectiveness in supporting individua...
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Thank you for your service - Imogene Rowland

Imogene Rowland has been on our Stepping Stones board since June 2003.  The plaque on her retirement gift said: In Recognition of your Twenty-One years of compassionate and faithful service as a member and officer of the Board of Directors 2023-2024. Thank you for modeling the importance of seeing the true value of each person who en...
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Instilling Hope: Stories of Recovery

"Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. If you're impacted, know that recovery is possible and there are people ready and willing to help you on your journey." "INSTILLING HOPE: Stories of Recovery" (Edition 02), brings hope.   The magazine is a nothing less than  work of art. Stories ...
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Agency sites to be equipped with AEDs

Stepping Stones of Rockford, Inc. is proud to announce that it has received a $11,730.00 grant from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois Grants Program, with support from the Dr. Louis and Violet Rubin Fund, to purchase Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) which will be installed in several of the organization's facilities. The Benefit...
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Donna Addison

Gratitude: A Message and Appeal from Our CEO

S ue Schroeder, CEO at Stepping Stones of Rockford , expresses gratitude for all those who support the agency and for those who work tirelessly to help the clients receiving services at the agency. It may be Thanksgiving weekend, but they'll be plenty of agency staff working the holiday--after all, the residential component at Stepping Stones ...
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What's Happening at Stepping Stones: May 2023

Flashback to 1986 : The Top 20 hit song, Timbuk3's "The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)" is playing on the radio. With a catchy tune, the band proclaims, "things are going great, and they're only getting better… the future's so bright, I gotta wear shades." It's 2023 . Stepping Stones of Rockford is growing leaps and bounds, with...
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Mental Health Awareness Month 2023

  As you probably know by now, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Established in 1949, the month recognizes the importance of mental health/mental wellness and celebrates recovery for those with mental illness. The 2023 theme is "More Than Enough." Mental Health Awareness Month is different than Mental Illness Awareness Week in October. May...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder

Mid-November in Rockford.  Cold. Cloudy. Dark. The leaves have fallen, long gone, leaving trees bare.  We go to work and school in the dark; we return in the dark.  Do we dare mention the need to scrape windshields from the frost? Why are Christmas Carols already playing 24 hours a day? Oh...
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Coping with Increased Stress during Times of Inflation

Inflation.  You know--the "thing" that has us feeling the pinch from significantly higher prices in the grocery store, at the gas pump and on utility bills. The end of Summer may bring cooler days but it hasn't brought relief to the higher prices of things we need in life. Talk about sticker shock when shopping fo...
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Expanding Supervised Housing Opportunities for Adults with SMI

On May 4, 2022, the Winnebago County Community Mental Health Board (WCCMHB) announced programs awarded "New Mental Health Programs" funding via the Half-Cent Sales Tax.  Stepping Stones of Rockford is excited to be a recipient of funding for  Program Year 2022-2023 ! Stepping Stones of Rockford will util...
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Recovery Steps and Stories: Spring 2021

​Just in time for Mental Health Month! "Recovery Steps and Stories" is a the agency newsletter created by the clients at Stepping Stones of Rockford. It is coordinated by our very own Bonnie Holeton, Recovery Support Specialist. Artwork, creative writing, photos, jokes, recovery tips and mental health information make this quarterly publication tru...
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Instilling Hope: Stories of Recovery

"Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. If you're impacted, know that recovery is possible and there are people ready and willing to help you on your journey." "INSTILLING HOPE: Stories of Recovery" (Edition 01), brings hope.   The magazine, published in March 2021, is a nothing less than  ...
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Recovery Steps and Stories: Winter 2021

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This Newsletter is created by the clients at Stepping Stones of Rockford, under the direction of our CRSS, Bonnie Holton. Please enjoy our very own quarterly newsletter, "Recovery Steps and Stories."    Download PDF File Here
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Recovery Steps and Stories: Fall 2020

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This Newsletter is created by the clients at Stepping Stones of Rockford. Please enjoy our very own quarterly newsletter, "Steps and Stories."   Download PDF File Here
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From Vaccines to Pizza

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Vaccine Clinic February 2021  brought opportunity for all Stepping Stones clients and staff to receive the Moderna vaccine. Staff are definitely essential workers, while clients live in congregate settings. The Winnebago County Health Department ensured  an organized event. Talk about running smoothly!  We can't thank them ...
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