Friday, October 19, 2012

Kids 'n Kinship receives Bob Dayton Quality Mentoring Award!

From Left to Right: Rita Younger, Jan Belmore, Janet Lekson, Ingrid Henry


Last Sunday, Kids 'n Kinship received the Bob Dayton Quality Mentoring Award for achievement at the lovely Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota Awards Celebration.  Kids 'n Kinship was 1 of only 4 programs in the state to be recognized with an award that night.  It was such an honor to receive this award! 

This award honors Bob Dayton whose vision led to engaging community leaders in developing the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota (MPM) and a statewide plan to connect all youth in Minnesota with caring quality adult mentors.   MPM now supports 140,000 mentoring relationships in Minnesota and is a nation-wide leader in quality mentoring, having instituted the Quality Mentoring Assessment Path (QMAP) tool for mentoring programs to evaluate their process and procedures on national researched-based standards of quality.  Kids 'n Kinship executive director, Jan Belmore, served on the QMAP committee to assess these standards as they were being developed.  Kids 'n Kinship is an Expert Partner with QMAP, having achieved 100% implementation rating on these best practices and standards.

For more information on MPM go to their website: www.mpmn.org

To learn more about Kids 'n Kinship, the youth mentoring program in Dakota County now celebrating 40 years, go to our website: www.kidsnkinship.org

Friday, October 5, 2012

Join us for 13th Annual Bowlathon! Guest Blog by Rita


 
Autumn is here; the leaves are falling, the kids are back in school . .   Give yourself a treat and come bowl with us!  Kids 'n Kinship mentoring is looking for community groups, sports leagues, students and businesses to have a great time at the 13th Annual Bowlathon on November 4th. 
There are lots of ways to be involved:
• Have your group or your company name on a lane for $200.00
• Donate an item or gift certificate for our  Silent Auction
• bring four bowlers with pledges totaling $100.00 and bowl with us on November 4 or a date you choose
Kids ‘n Kinship will recognize sponsors in our newsletter, website, Facebook page and at the Bowlathon. 
register at:   kidsnkinshipbowlathon2012event.eventbrite.com  
 
Questions?  call 651-686-0990 or email:  rykinship@aol.com
 
Put some fun in your fall and join us at the Bowlathon!