Staff Spotlight

SUN ThisWeek Article

SUN ThisWeek Article

Thanks for the coverage, SUN Thisweek! We appreciate you helping us to spread the word about our upcoming Sunday Funday fundraising event as well as our need for mentors for the 45 youth on our waitlist....

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Spotlight in Eagan City Lifestyle

Spotlight in Eagan City Lifestyle

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...

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Grateful in 2024

Grateful in 2024

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...

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Meet the Kids ‘n Kinship Staff

Meet the Kids ‘n Kinship Staff

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...

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New Roles for Kids ‘n Kinship Staff

New Roles for Kids ‘n Kinship Staff

We're excited to introduce our newest full-time staff member, Kara Rasmussen, as our new Program Coordinator. Kara will be responsible for screening, training, matching and overseeing our mentor and mentee matches in the role that was previously held by Moriah. Kara...

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Kerry Stok – Project Manager

Kerry Stok – Project Manager

Greetings! I’m Kerry Stok and I’m the Project Manager at Kids ‘n Kinship.I’m kicking off a series of blog posts by our staff (and hopefully our volunteers too!) that explain what we do and what the program means to us. My role at Kids ‘n Kinship is really to get the...

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Recent Posts

SIX Year Anniversary: Match Spotlight

Happy 6th Anniversary to this Incredible Match!   This match is still going strong after SIX years! A typical week for this match includes dinner and games. A fun new activity this year has been going to the gym together. We are so grateful to Sara and Don for the...

Two Year Anniversary: Individual Match Spotlight

Happy 2nd Anniversary to this Amazing Match!   From the Mentee: “One of the highlights with Joe this past year would be I got to experience building a computer with him. It was a fun project to work on with him and I really enjoyed it. I’m really grateful to have...

SUN ThisWeek Article

Thanks for the coverage, SUN Thisweek! We appreciate you helping us to spread the word about our upcoming Sunday Funday fundraising event as well as our need for mentors for the 45 youth on our waitlist....

Spotlight in Eagan City Lifestyle

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...

Grateful in 2024

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...

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Serving children in the communities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville and Rosemount.

Member of the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce

Affiliate of National Kinship

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