Your Gifts Have Great Momentum!
“The Adopt-a-Match program provides an opportunity for a sponsor to contribute directly to a local program and see results from their investment impact their community,” says Shawn Jansen, Kettle Kinship Program Director.
Individuals, businesses, congregations, and civic groups can sponsor youth in our program through an annual donation to the Adopt-a-Match program. “We live in a very charitable-minded region. Our sponsors realize their contribution has an immediate and lasting impact, and they feel comfortable that their tax-deductible gift is being spent to strengthen local communities and enrich the lives of local children,” says Jansen.
“We are beginning to see a trend in group giving among friends, colleagues, neighbors, and civic groups who wish to sponsor a child in our program. When $1000 is divided among a group of 10 or more people, each individual’s donation is manageable, and the collective benefit is meaningful.” Won’t you or your group please consider an “Adopt-a-Match” gift today? When you give locally, it has lasting IMPACT on your community!
?Adopt-A-Match Today!?
Adopt-a-Match is a unique program allowing you as individuals, groups, businesses, or congregations to underwrite the cost of matching a Pine County child with a caring adult mentor. Your tax- deductible gift goes directly to helping match a child on our waiting list with the role model they need to develop the skills they desire.
Why does sponsoring an adult/youth match cost $1000 a year?
This is our cost to bring a successful match together and keep it going for a year. Initially, a $1000 sponsorship covers the expense of recruiting and training a volunteer, conducting background and reference checks and conducting in-home interviews with both the child and adult mentor. Additionally, a $1000 sponsorship underwrites our cost of supervising the match and providing continued support and guidance. The agency also arranges activities to help foster this mentoring experience and keep the match active for years.
Your gift of any size has great momentum when pooled with other gifts to support an Adopt-a-Match sponsorship!
Do I have to renew my sponsorship gift every year?
This decision is totally up to you. Most sponsors are inspired to give and happy to annually renew their sponsorship because their generosity is making a positive impact on local youth and strengthening their community.
Your Adopt-a-Match sponsorship gifts are 100% tax-deductible.
Serving Pine County
Kinship Public Outreach Partners
Engaging Hearts to Enrich Lives through Mentoring
Kinship Public Outreach Partners are the heart of Kettle Kinship’s Public Outreach Program. You are the bridge to connect talented volunteers to the needs of local youth, through Kettle Kinship’s high-impact youth mentorship programs, engaging more people more effectively into the program. You can help recruit/refer members of your community by becoming a spokesperson within your church, organization, business, clubs, community, and personal contacts. Your involvement will increase public awareness, and program participation while strengthening community by supporting our communities’ youth.
Increase community awareness through distributing our brochures, and reaching out to potential participants in your personal circle of friends & throughout your community. It is that simple!
“Children do well when families do well, and families do well when they live in supportive neighborhoods.” ~Annie E Casey
Work Location
Your outreach will consist of the same places you frequent in your everyday activities within Pine County. Your goal will be to be sure that your community, church, organizations, and clubs you already belong to, are aware of the free opportunities & services Kettle Kinship provides.
Purpose of the Partnership
Your participation will enable Kettle Kinship to efficiently reach the recesses of even the most rural locals, ensuring that every child in Pine County has access to an adult mentor. Because Pine County is a rural area, with the bulk of the population being remote to towns, your outreach will enable Kettle Kinship to efficiently and effectively match children on our waiting list with adult mentors. Your efforts will increase participation, expand our outreach, strengthen your organization and our communities!
Ways you can help will include:
• Increase public awareness of Kettle Kinship Youth Mentorship Program through becoming a spokesperson for Kettle Kinship within your church organization, business, clubs, community, and personal contacts
• Increase community participation through distributing our brochures, and reaching out to potential participants in your personal circle of friends & throughout your community
• Referring/recruiting new participants to Kettle Kinship
Qualifications
We’re looking for mature adults who care about strengthening their communities and supporting our most valuable asset, our YOUTH! If you have a caring, dedicated heart, you’ve met the qualifications for our Kinship Public Outreach Program!
“If you don’t have an impact on your community, it will impact you. Every person has the responsibility to provoke change. Equipping children is the greatest way to affect positive change.” -Monty Williams NBA Coach
Commitment Expected
You choose the level of time commitment! You participate on the level you are most comfortable with. If you choose to distribute brochures, give presentations to groups or just speak to people one on one, your contribution will assist us in reaching our goal of every interested child in Pine County having access to a non-family member adult mentor!
Training
Kettle Kinship will provide you with the training and materials necessary for you to feel confident in expanding awareness of our free services for positive youth development.
“Individually we can make a difference; together we can make a lasting IMPACT!”
"As individuals we can make a difference, TOGETHER we can make a lasting IMPACT!"
Mission
Kettle Kinship builds brighter futures & stronger communities by engaging caring citizens to enrich lives of local youth through mentoring relationships.
“If you don’t have an impact on your community, it will impact you. Every person has the responsibility to provoke change. Equipping children is the greatest way to affect positive change.” -Monty Williams NBA Coach