Pohl Children's Scholarship Foundation

10/29/2026

Due to the recent passing of Kyle Pohl, beloved husband of Suz Pohl, founder and Executive Director of the Pohl Children's Foundation, the Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to suspend all services and fundraisers for one year, giving her the time she needs to grieve.

Thank you to all who have supported the Pohl Children's Foundation over the last 6 years.

10/15/2026

View Kyle Pohl's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

07/17/2026

The Pohl Children's Foundation provides scholarships to children, who do not have insurance, in need of in person therapy after the loss of a parent or sibling, through Faith Counseling & Wellness.

Faith Counseling & Wellness is a mental health therapist
serving Children, Teens and Adults in the Brainerd Lakes Area. They will help navigate trauma, anxiety, anger, depression, grief and loss with an integrated, individualized approach that is unique to you to promote faster healing and change.

**Please request a scholarship from the Pohl Children's Foundation to pay for services through our website

Helping you or your child navigate trauma, anxiety, anger, depression, grief and loss with an integrated, individualized approach that is unique to you to promote faster healing and change.

07/15/2026

The Pohl Children's Foundation provides scholarships for therapeutic equine or horse therapy through various horse therapy non-profit organizations in Minnesota for children (7 years - 18 years) who have lost a parent or sibling AND children living with illnesses and diseases, as well as their siblings, called Forever Horses.

Our next session of Forever Horses will be held at Mounted Eagles in Brainerd and begins July 16, 2026.

For questions or to enroll your child in Forever Horses, please contact us at [email protected] or by signing up through our website at https://www.pohlchildrensfoundation.org/Forever-Horses

07/15/2026

07/14/2026

The Pohl Children's Foundation wishes to provide special Healing/ Lift Kits to any child from the Brainerd area who was a friend of Alexis "Lexi" Thornton.

Please go to our website and sign up. Make sure to provide child's name, physical address (as we ship via UPS) and note "friend of Lexi".

The Pohl Children's Foundation provides Lift Kits to teens and adults in Minnesota who are in need a mental health su***de prevention pick-me-up.

06/25/2026

The Pohl Children's Foundation will be providing special Healing/ Lift Kits to children in Brainerd who were close friends with Ava Starr.

Please go to our website and request a special Lit for your child at https://www.pohlchildrensfoundation.org/healing-kits

Also - if able, please go to the Starr family's GoFundMe page and make a donation, if you are able. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-star-familys-loss?attribution_id=sl%3Aab8ba274-c131-45e5-bc4e-276d53d1c1d6&lang=en_US&ts=1782057868&utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_content=amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e227_tv2_tp1_a1dennhbh4pa3k&fbclid=IwY2xjawSqFGBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeKL2PqNooEwUkgnVPiMDRpG0eQ1J-ZaJpyzINriX7-R5IfcU6JbGLVVb598Y_aem_SkRbjsKInwWZ2fuyYsSNng

The Pohl Children's Foundation provides Healing Kits to assist children (18 years old and under) in their healing process after the loss of a parent or sibling.

06/24/2026

The Pohl Children's Foundation provides scholarships to cover in person therapy for children and adults who have lost a parent or sibling through Faith Counseling & Wellness.

Faith Counseling & Wellness is a mental health therapist
serving Children, Teens and Adults in the Brainerd Lakes Area.

Helping you or your child navigate trauma, anxiety, anger, depression, grief and loss with an integrated, individualized approach that is unique to you to promote faster healing and change.

**Please request a scholarship through the link below from the Pohl Children's Foundation to pay for services.

https://www.pohlchildrensfoundation.org/FaithCounseling

The Pohl Children's Scholarship Foundation is a 501c3 non profit memorial foundation for Mearan, Bracken and Kegan Pohl. All three children passed away from Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 7 (SCA7), a rare genetic disease.

06/17/2026

Sunshine Kits

The Pohl Children's Foundation wants to bless and brighten the lives of children (18 years old and under living in Minnesota) with life threatening illnesses AND their siblings by sending them a Sunshine Kit.

Items included in the Sunshine Kits are:

* A “Forever Bear”…

* A journal…

* A pen...

* 988 bracelet

* Grounding items to touch, feel, smell and hear…

* A stress ball…

*An hot/ cold pack...

* A timer…

* Kids Activities packet…

* A pillow...

* A Bible...

* Pohly, the Healing Helper...

These kits are shipped free of charge and
everything is kept strictly confidential.

We are requesting the names and contact information for children (18 years old and under) living in Minnesota with life threatening illnesses AND their siblings who would be blessed by a Sunshine Kit.

We just ask that before submitting contact information,
you alert the parent or guardian and get their permission.

https://www.pohlchildrensfoundation.org/sunshine-kits

The Pohl Children's Scholarship Foundation is a 501c3 non profit memorial foundation for Mearan, Bracken and Kegan Pohl. All three children passed away from Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 7 (SCA7), a rare genetic disease.

06/17/2026

Healing Kits

The Pohl Children's Foundation provides Healing Kits to assist children (18 years old and under living in Minnesota) in their healing process after the loss of a parent or sibling.

The Healing Kits are broken up into six different packages - each one specifically designed to help children through the stages of grief.

These six packages are shipped out over a couple of months.

Items included in the Healing Kits are:

* A box to hold all of the items below…(can be decorated)

* A “Forever Bear”…

* "The Memory Box - a Book About Grief" by Joanna Rowland

* A journal…

* A pen...

* A “Love Notes” Box…

* 988 bracelet

* “Loving Reminders” notes…

* A memory candle…

* A frame…

* Hot/ cold pack...

* Grounding items to touch, taste, feel, smell and hear…

* A stress ball…

* Kleenexes…

* A timer….

* Kids Activities packet…

* A camera…

* A pillow...

* A Bible...

* A follow-up Journal...

* Pohly, the Healing Helper...

These kits are shipped free of charge and everything is kept strictly confidential.

Go to our website to share the names and contact information for children (18 years old and under) living in Minnesota who would be blessed by a Healing Kit. We just ask that before submitting contact information, you alert the parent or guardian and get their permission.

https://www.pohlchildrensfoundation.org/healing-kits

The Pohl Children's Scholarship Foundation is a 501c3 non profit memorial foundation for Mearan, Bracken and Kegan Pohl. All three children passed away from Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 7 (SCA7), a rare genetic disease.