Here are some photo highlights from our past year together. We have established seasonal traditions- celebrating the last day of school by going out to ice cream, raking leaves in the fall, attending the jack-o-lantern festival at the zoo, decorating for Christmas...
We have enjoyed watching Leyton grow in these last two years! He is always ready to use his imagination and teaches us so much about cars, video games, and new music! -Chelsea, Family Match Mentor Being in a Family Match really means folding another...
Things have changed a bit for this match who met more than a year ago (pic on the left). But even with a newborn baby in the mix a year later, Joe continues to be there for Levi in their individual match. A lot of the concerns we hear about mentoring is whether or not...
We love to get out and do things with our match, Navarus. Sometimes we do things that we would do anyway, like go to the Minnesota State Fair, take a bike ride, or go for a walk in Lebanon Hills park. When Navarus is with us, he notices things that we might...
When bad things are happening in this world you can’t control, make a difference in one person’s life - something you CAN control by becoming a mentor. You’re also making a positive difference in your own life whether you know it or not. You’ll learn patience, being a...
Navellah & the Kubisiak Family - Celebrating 2 Years We have had so much fun together with Navellah. Two of the events that stand out from this past year are definitely ice fishing (a first for all of us except for Jim) and the Kids ‘n Kinship 5K in the rain,...
Sherry & Clara - Celebrating 3 Year Match Anniversary Thank you, Clara and Kids ‘n Kinship, for an exciting three years of adventures! Clara likes to “try” everything. This means she is a very busy middle schooler, but still has found time for me. We have learned...
Thanks, SUN Thisweek for your coverage on our need to close the waitlist while we work to recruit mentors for the 47 kids already on the list.
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My Mentee is also My Mentor by Charlotte Cleveland Nearly three years ago, I picked up my new mentee armed with hammocks so we could enjoy the late summer afternoon. Setting up a hammock is something I had done before, yet on this day, with 11-year-old Keidi...
We're grateful to the SUN Thisweek for helping us share how Kids 'n Kinship has been connecting mentors with exceptional youth for more than five decades, including this incredible story of how both Quentin's mentors the Haydens as well as his mom Cameo's mentor Chris...