Welcome to Kinship of Polk County

Mentoring Works!

"I've had lots of jobs and titles in my lifetime...,
but by far the best has been being a mentor." --Current Mentor

Kinship of Polk County believes in the power of friendship!

Kinship is a non-profit mentoring agency serving children ages 5-18 since 1980. Kinship kids are young people who would benefit from extra support, encouragement and companionship. Kinship mentors are people who are willing and able to invest in a friendship with a child or young person. Kinship mentors may be married, single, male, female, young or old adults. Kinship offers 2 mentoring options: traditional community based mentoring and school mentoring.

You CAN make a difference.  To learn more about how you can positively impact the life a child, visit our Volunteers page or contact us today!

1st Annual Kinship Golf Event

Join us on Monday, August 17th for the 1st Annual Kinship Golf Event to be held at Amery Golf Course.  We will have a shot gun start at 1 pm with a fantastic brat and burger buffet to follow golf.  We have great raffle prizes and thanks to Johnson Motors of St. Croix Falls we will have a Hole-in-One Car to give away for the lucky golf to ace the designated hole.

This event costs just $55 per person if you register your 4-some by July 25 and $60 per person after July 25.  We can also place you with other golfers that day if you don't have a team to golf with.

Contact the Kinship office at 268-7980 or e-mail mentoring@polkkinship.org to get a registration form.  See you on the course!

Summer Fun with Kinship

Summer is here and Kinship of Polk County has some fun activities planned this summer.  We kicked things off with our summer picnic and a great time was had by all with brats, hot dogs, lots o great desserts, cotton candy, three legged races, and a castle jumper!

Up next on Monday, July 20th is our annual trip to Valley Fair!  Through great support of area school districts and wonderful support of Kinship donors we are able to offer this day at a greatly reduced fee for our Kinship kids, their families and mentors.  Contact our office for more information on the day.

We wrap up our summer with the annual Fishing with the Bassmasters on Tuesday, August 4 at Half Moon Lake.  This event is sponsored by the Balsam Lake Bassmasters and is FREE to kids and mentors.  Come out and join us, you might just catch the big one!