Become a Friend of Kinship!

At Kinship of Aitkin County our goal is to match children in need of an adult role model and give our program children the positive direction they need to transition into adulthood. 

Kinship works hard to raise funds from diversified sources to provide services to our youth and our community.  We rely on individual members, civic organizations and local businesses as the base of our financial support.  We do not receive and funds from federal, state or united way agencies.

  By becoming a Kinship Member you will be helping us continue our efforts to be "A Voice for Aitkin County Youth".   You will also be supporting our advocacy efforts to ensure there are sufficient resources available for community based intervention services for youth in Aitkin County.  Your donation is crucial to our programming.  Help us "Give Youth the Power to Make Good Choices".

Membership Rates:

$0-500.       Bronze Supporter

$500      Silver Supporter

$1000      Gold Supporter

$2500      Legacy 

  Youth Benefit:  Your dollars help us provide quality youth development programming in helping youth to not only make good choices but transition into adulthood.

Please consider making an investment in our youth's future by supporting Kinship of Aitkin County's efforts.  Kinship is a 501 c 3 non profit organization.  Contributions are deductible to the extent provided by law.

Please contact the Kinship office on learning how you can help us continue our work for youth, or if you would like to support us through direct deposit giving please click here .

Kinship Values its Volunteers!

Finding the  time and energy to volunteer for any organization is a big step. bit also a very rewarding one.  Whether you are 21 or 80 every Kinship volunteer is essential to our program and its mission to bring positive change in the lives of our children.

Here are some ways you can help:

Kinship Ambassadors:
An Ambassador acts as liaison between our program and your church.  We consider you to be the life source for the success of recruiting mentors for our Kinship children.

As our liaison you would assist us in raising awareness of the need of young people in our community in need of a mentor.

Kinship of Aitkin County works to do whatever we can do to help facilitate your success as a Kinship Ambassador.  Please contact our Mentor Recruitment Coordinator to find out more about this exciting opportunity. 

Kinship Mentor:
The role of a mentor is being friend, not a social worker, case counselor or psychologist.  They are volunteers who have a heart felt interest and concern for youth and want to make a sincere difference in the life of a child.  These volunteers go through an initial training with Kinship staff and attend periodic refresher trainings to help them be as supportive as possible in their matches.

Activity Volunteer:
Kinship host quarterly activities and service learning events for our youth.  We are always looking for volunteers to help at these activities and try to get as close to one adult for each youth in attendance.  By enrolling as a Kinship Activity Volunteer you will go through the same screening process as a mentor and be invited to participate in an many activities as you choose for minimum of one year.