This is officially my first blog entry… I feel so blog-omplished 🙂
Kinship works to support the matches by having a monthly group event. It gives unmatched kids positive interaction and fun before they are matched. A fun aspect of the events for us is that we get a chance to know all these great kids and it helps us make better matches when we have the opportunity to match the youth with a mentor! Our January event was a Kinship Winter Party at the Breck Community Center. We did not have all the snow we have now, but the kids had a blast anyway, sledding, skating and playing hockey! Of course inside the center was warm and toasty with nachos and hot cocoa and pool and pingpong, foos ball and crafts. I love to see the mentors interacting with the kids and each other. The smiles and laughter are priceless and when you live in Minnesota/North Dakota we have to surrender to the cold and find the joy in winter activities which our kids had no problem doing at all! 🙂