- Mentoring program which matches adult role models with at-risk youth to provide social and recreational interaction - School-site mentoring available for adults to meet with children in the classroom or on the playground for mentoring - REACH program: Serves Owatonna Middle School students in grades 6th - 8th who have high academic potential but face obstacles in their lives by providing each student with a one-to-one mentor and friend

Cultivates a collaborative community that supports, values, and empowers youth: - Maintains a Community Resource Directory - Coordinates a network of free afterschool and summer programs for youth - Serves as a clearinghouse for local youth development programs - Provides tutors, mentors, and reading buddy volunteers for youth - Coordinates local Youth on Boards program

Provides the following services that increase an individual's opportunity to stay in their own home or apartment: Support planning: - Assistance in identifying services and ways to remain at home longer - Planning for the future as people age or disabilities progress - Ongoing support Friendly visiting: - Volunteers visit with seniors, caregivers and other people facing difficult life situations, sharing their joys and trials Chores - Snow removal - Yard work Transportation: - Providing rides for those who are unable to drive or have no means of transportation Housekeeping: - Laundry - Cleaning the home Note: There may be a waitlist for homemaking services depending on volunteer availability Simple Home Repair: - Provides seniors and people with disabilities who need help with simple home repair and modification Volunteer options available for people interested in assisting with homemaking, snow removal, and transportation.

Provides friendly in-home visits for the elderly, shut-in, or lonely.

Offers Home Supports with Training and Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS) for adults living in their own homes. These services help individuals maintain and build the skills needed to live independently and successfully in the community. Services include: - Daily Living Skills Support: Assistance with budgeting, health and wellness, meal planning, money management, relationship building, shopping, and more. - Home Supports with Training: Individualized support provided in the home or community to maintain and strengthen independent living skills. - Housing Transition Services: Help with locating housing, completing rental applications, budgeting for housing, and preparing for and planning a move. - Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS): Ongoing support to promote independence while ensuring access to community resources and supports.

Serves students referred by Minneapolis Public Schools with tutoring, mentoring, and academic supports.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment, case management, shopping, transportation, caregiver support and other services to help adults over 60 live safely and independently at home. Services include: - Care Planning and Consultation - Holocaust Survivor Support - Memory Café - Transportation for clients of the program Monday - Friday with at least two days notice - Volunteers who provide friendly visiting and socialization

After school youth counseling, peer connections, family therapy, and parent education

- Foster grandparents become friends with children and youth in their communities who need special attention and encouragement. - The positive role model and stable influence that foster grandparent volunteers provide helps these kids develop healthy attitudes and choices as they become teenagers and adults. - To be a foster grandparent: - Be 60 years or older and in good health - Be willing to commit at least 12 hours each week to establish solid and reliable relationships with those you serve - Enjoy sharing yourself and your lifetime of experience with others - They receive a small tax free stipend, reimbursement for transportation and other benefits - Service sites: - Bagley Public Schools - Headstart - Clearbrook/Gonvick Elementary

Promotes youth development by instilling a sense of accomplishment, competence, belonging, and usefulness. Programs: - Academic success: Goal is for every member to graduate on time with a plan for their future, whether that plan is post-secondary or a career. Homework help, tutoring, mentoring, chess club, computer classes, and career exploration. - Character and leadership: Offers programs designed to help members practice and strengthen leadership and problem-solving skills. Community service and support groups. - Healthy lifestyles: Programs help members learn how to engage in positive behaviors, set personal goals and grow into self-sufficient adults who can make healthy choices. Yoga, exercise classes, gardening instruction, and gym time. - The arts: Offers a variety of arts programming so that members can learn to express themselves through visual arts, applied arts and performing arts in a safe space. Painting, drawing, and bracelet making.

Representatives assist with the following: - Elder visits - Medical transports - Medication box set-up - Medication pick-up and delivery - Referrals to outside agencies as needed - Services to the Nett Lake School as needed - Volunteer driver transport set up -WIC clinics

The Hamline Midway Elders Living At Home Block Nurse Program provides or arranges support for elder neighbors to assist them in living at home as long as possible. This support, which may otherwise not be available, uses the program's small staff, volunteers and/or paid nursing staff. Services include: - Caregiver coaching and support groups - Community Gardening - Door-to-door transportation, both assisted and non-assisted, provided by volunteers. There is no charge, but donations are accepted. Accessible vehicles can be requested. - Elders resource list of meal and grocery delivery, handyman services, modifications, etc. available by phone or Internet - Exercise classes - Friendly visiting - Health education classes and events - In-home eldercare assessment and resource recommendation - In-home Internet/computer tutorial - Linkage to county services - Nursing referrals - Phone visiting - Respite care - Seasonal raking and snow shoveling - Shopping assistance up to twice a month - Spring/Fall yard clean-ups - Volunteer opportunities

Memory Companions: Provides safe and nurturing support for people with memory loss while their caregivers take a break. Group Respite Activities: Provides group respite activities for the in-person Saturday Caregiver Education Series and Saturday Support Group. Friendly Visitors: Volunteers provide friendship to seniors and provide respite to caregivers. Visits occur once a week or every other week for 1 - 3 hours. Activities are determined by mutual interest and can include scrapbooking, reading, games, conversations, crafts, and more.

Matches elementary students in need of an additional positve adult role model with a screened and trained volunteer to share one lunch break/week thorughout the school year at participating schools.

Provides short-term and long-term nursing home level care for adults in their home, including memory care and post-accident care. - Provide care when family caregivers are absent - Supplement assisted living care for assisted living residents - Supplement in-home hospice care - Provide safety and companionship for people with memory loss - Prepare meals - Laundry, daily housekeeping and cleaning - Run errands - Drive clients to shopping, worship services, doctor, hairdresser, etc. - Provide companionship and safety for clients with vision loss or memory loss Trained Home Health Aides provide in-home care services, including: - Medication administration - Assistance with transfers and mobility, including use of mechanical lifts - Bathing, toileting, and inconntinence assistance - Monitoring of blood pressure and blood sugar - Administration of oxygen - Tube feeding - Catheter care - Personal care, dressing, and grooming

Volunteer opportunities include: - Friendly visitor - Reading to residents, helping to write letters playing games, visiting or pet visits. - Assisting at Activities - Bingo, cards, crafts - Presenting programs- Special music - Assisting residents around the building and from activities or programs around the building. - Staff our Gift Shop and helping with coffee hour

Works to enhance the development of the individual through the many classes, activities, and programs offered for youth through adults. For Adults: - Computer and skills development classes - Recreational classes/activities - English language learning - GED and citizenship classes - Trips and activities for senior citizens - Big Buddy Volunteer Mentors For Youth: - Afterschool Adventures - grade K-6 - Dance - Preschool - 12th - Big Buddy Mentoring - ages 5-15 - Summer field trips - Teen Court - ages 13-18 - Skiing at Mount Kato - grade 7-12

Fairmont children ages 5 - 15 are matched with an adult in Martin County. Girls are matched with female adults and boys are matched with male adults. Either may be matched with couples or families.

- Provides connections to healthcare experts including physicians, researchers, and other experts who are available to discuss any allergy or asthma topic - Provides connections with adult and pediatric patients, caregivers, asthma educators, and support group leaders for information and support NOTE: The Allergist only provides general advice about managing asthma, allergies, medicine, and treatment. The information is not a substitute for medical advice from a primary physician. Always talk with a primary physician about medicine or treatment plans.

Program pairing children with student mentors from Carleton or St. Olaf Colleges for a 2 - 4 year mentoring relationship.

Provides in-home skilled nursing services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Health: 24-hour skilled nursing care, complex medical care, hospice care, assistance with daily living activities Supportive: Companionship, light housekeeping, transportation services

Matches youth ages 7 - 17 with adult volunteers for one-on-one, community based mentoring. Matches are made based on complementary interests, personality, goals, identity and lived experiences. The agency with their community partners offers a diverse array of free and low-cost activities for mentors and mentees to do together. Program advocates provide ongoing, wrap-around support for mentor-mentee matches, checking in with enrolled families and mentors about once a month, with more frequent email communication about upcoming activities and events. Youth can stay enrolled in the program until they graduate from high school or turn 18 (whichever is later). Minimum of one-year commitment from both mentors and enrolled youth. Mentors are expected to spend 4 - 6 hours per month with their mentee.

Teaches teens that they are lovable, capable, and worthwhile. Teenagers who attend this program are often referred by their local county, but any teenager is welcome. The program includes free transportation (within a certain radius), a meal, and time with caring adults who give support and encouragement as they grow in their relationship-building skills.

Specialized emergency shelter, supportive housing, and mental health services to youth who are commercially sexually exploited, trafficked, or at high risk of sexual exploitation. DHS-licensed housing programs for eligible youth include emergency shelter (The Loft) and group residential housing (Sol House) Mental health support services: - Trauma-informed therapy - Substance abuse recovery support - Peer support groups

Active Seniors: Provides adults 55+ with a variety of diverse activities such as exercise, wellness, and social/recreation designed to support independence Care Consultation: Keystone Care Consultants help seniors navigate their health, economic, and social needs. Care managers meet with individuals in their homes or at one of the community centers to conduct an assessment, gather input from caregivers, and create goals. Once the assessment is complete, services may include: setting up rides to a social program, researching housing options, making a referral to an agency that helps with grocery shopping and/or cleaning, providing caregiver support, and accompanying seniors to doctor visits. Grocery Delivery: Provides free grocery delivery for low-income seniors and adults with disabilities. Those who qualify can receive monthly deliveries. Delivery can include meat, dairy, fresh produce, and shelf-stable items. In each delivery, individuals will receive an average of 25 pounds of food per person in the household. Accommodations are based on customer choice models such as vegetarian, halal, etc. depending on what is available. Deliveries will be dropped off between 12:15 pm and 1:30 pm Tuesday - Thursday by a volunteer. In-Home Help: Social workers coordinate with Recover Health to provide seniors with in-home nursing care, in-home therapies, and home health aides to assist with daily care. ?Tax Preparation Assistance: Provides tax services in coordination with AARP to seniors. Visit the website https://keystoneservices.org/seniors/tax-preparation-assistance/ for an up-to-date schedule.