About Companions for Children

Companions for Children is a non-profit, volunteer organization that strives to provide all enrolled children with a screened Adult Companion volunteer. Companions for Children has been at work in the Minot area since 1972. During this time Companions for Children has provided hundreds of children and adults with friendships that have helped them through challenging and crucial times in their lives. Many of these friendships blossom into lifelong friendships.

Your time DOES make a difference in a child's life!

Studies have shown that youth who meet regularly with a mentor are:

  • 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
  • 27% less likely to begin using alcohol
  • 52% less likely to skip school
  • more confident of their performance in school
  • 1/3 less likely to react by hitting
  • more likely to get along better with families
    ...than children who do not have a mentor.

    Please feel welcome to browse this site and gain more information about our goals, our processes, and how you can support a very crucial need in our community. Feel free to contact us via the Contact link on the left.

    "How does the meadow flower its bloom unfold?
    Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root,
    and in that freedom bold."
     - William Wordsworth