Celebrating 3 YEARS! Three years goes by in a blur, but it's this year when Khasiem is turning into a teenager alongside our two older kids that I've started to appreciate the longevity of our match. One day we picked Khasiem up, and we'd been on vacation and hadn't...
Thanks, Don, for sharing what this first year matched has meant to you! Volunteering as a Kid's and Kinship mentor has offered me a meaningful, low stress way to stay engaged and contribute to my community. This involvement has provided an added sense of...
Allen & Gio have been matched for FOUR years. We love to hear the perspective of both the guardian and mentor and what the match has meant to each of them. From Gio's mom: I know for myself, and Giovanni, we see Allen as a significant support in his life. Everyone...
Hear from this adorable match who's celebrating their one year match anniversary: Meeting weekly at Kate's school, we were able to enjoy time together by playing games or doing art crafts while we talked. We played games that Kate already knew like Uno and Mancala. We...
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,...
A HUGE thank you to Eagan City Lifestyle for featuring an amazing article on Kids 'n Kinship in your December issue: https://citylifestyle.com/eagan/issues/2024-12 We say it often because we mean it, we wouldn't be able to do the work we've done for local youth in...
Even in this difficult year, we still have so much to be grateful for in 2024: When you support Kids ‘n Kinship, you support families like Nicolle & J. J waited almost two years for the right mentor to come along. The waiting period was frustrating for Nicolle...
As we end the year and start planning for 2025, we wanted to reintroduce ourselves and let you know the staff behind the program you support: Alicia D. Crudup Alicia D. Crudup is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in youth development, community...
Celebrating 3 YEARS! Three years goes by in a blur, but it's this year when Khasiem is turning into a teenager alongside our two older kids that I've started to appreciate the longevity of our match. One day we picked Khasiem up, and we'd been on vacation and hadn't...