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Keep The Record · Enter by December 6
Gather the family. Keep the record.
Plan one holiday gathering, bring everyone in, and preserve the recipe or story your family carries.
Draft and preview without payment. Create an account only when you’re ready to save and share. See the official contest rules for eligibility and entry details.
Holiday gathering workspace
The Bell Family Holiday Table
Saturday, November 28 · Oakland, California
RSVP
18 coming
7 waiting · 2 maybe
Checklist
6 of 10
Date, venue, invites, food
Potluck
Mac and cheese · claimed
Dessert table · open
Volunteers
Welcome team · 2/3
Story team · 1/2
Memory prompt
Which recipe or gathering story should the next generation keep?
No public profiles
Family membership is not published or searchable.
No ads, no data sales
We track how Kindred is used to keep it running and make it better — never to sell your information or build an ad feed.
Clear privacy controls
Invite links reveal only the gathering details needed to respond.
How it works
The archive begins with a gathering people already care about.
01
Plan the gathering
Choose a reunion, holiday meal, birthday, wedding, or other gathering. Add only what you know; Kindred creates the working checklist.
02
Invite and coordinate
Create private invite links, collect web RSVPs, and organize potluck items, volunteers, and travel details.
03
Preserve the memories
Prompt the first story now, then add family photos, voice notes, and oral histories as the gathering takes shape.
Already implemented
Real coordination tools behind the invitation.
No-account web RSVP
Invitees can respond from a private link without installing an app.
Potluck claims
Organizers list what is needed and signed-in family members claim items.
Volunteer sign-ups
Create roles with capacity and see who has stepped in.
Photos and stories
Attach gathering memories to the family’s long-term archive.
Keep the family chat
Give the gathering one private source of truth.
Your family can keep talking in the group chats it already uses. Kindred does not need to replace WhatsApp, Facebook, text messages, or phone calls.
Use Kindred for gathering details that are hard to keep straight in a conversation: the schedule, private invitation, RSVP responses, planning gaps, contributions, photos, and stories.
Pricing
Start planning without payment.
Seedling remains free. Draft your gathering first and upgrade whenever your family outgrows it.
Seedling
Free
No billing interval or recurring charge
Up to 10 members
Perfect for small circles just getting started.
Sapling
Monthly
$9.99
Billed every month
Annual
$89.99
Billed once per year
Save $29.89 per year (24.9%) versus 12 monthly payments
Up to 25 members
Growing communities that need more room.
Oak
Monthly
$19.99
Billed every month
Annual
$179.99
Billed once per year
Save $59.89 per year (25%) versus 12 monthly payments
Up to 50 members
Full coordination tools for mid-size communities.
Redwood
Monthly
$39.99
Billed every month
Annual
$359.99
Billed once per year
Save $119.89 per year (25%) versus 12 monthly payments
Up to 100 members
Advanced tools for large, active communities.