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Bolder Options Teaching youth to succeed in ALL of life's races! www.bolderoptions.org

SAVE THE DATE!Happy HourThursday, November 19th5:00 PM - 8:00 PMDual Citizen Co.Join us for a Give to the Max Day Happy ...
10/14/2026

SAVE THE DATE!
Happy Hour
Thursday, November 19th
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Dual Citizen Co.

Join us for a Give to the Max Day Happy Hour at Dual Citizen Brewing Company, co-hosted by the Bolder Options Associate Board! Enjoy a casual night out, connect with our community, and maximize your Give to the Max Day impact.

Whether you’re part of the Bolder Options community or want to learn more, this is a great opportunity to meet people, learn about our mission, and discover how you can help young people thrive through mentorship. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and help us make Give to the Max Day a little bolder!

Share your career journey with Bolder Options youth! I Believe continues to grow! This fall, we’ll have three cohorts ru...
10/12/2026

Share your career journey with Bolder Options youth! I Believe continues to grow! This fall, we’ll have three cohorts running at the same time: one in Rochester and two in the Twin Cities.

We’re looking for volunteers to join career panels and answer candid questions from youth about your career path, the decisions and people that shaped it, and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Youth are especially interested in hearing from people working in:
• Cosmetology & beauty
• The trades
• STEM
• Social & public service

📍 Twin Cities: October 20 & 21
📍 Rochester: October 20
🕡 6:30–8:00 p.m.

I Believe is part of our Alumni Pathway, helping young people explore their strengths, values and interests while discovering college and career possibilities. You can help them explore what’s possible. Sign up to serve on a career panel!

🌱 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with food, culture and connection!In September, mentors and mentees celebrated His...
10/09/2026

🌱 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with food, culture and connection!

In September, mentors and mentees celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by making arepas, a traditional Colombian dish, with a sauce made from tomatillos harvested from our very own Bolder Options garden.

We had a bumper crop! 🌱 Thanks again to Garden-in-a-Box for our starter plants. Preparing and sharing a nutritious meal gave mentor-mentee pairs a chance to explore Colombian culture, try something new, and build healthy habits together. Good food, new experiences and time together make for a BOLD combination.

Hygiene isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. Access to everyday essentials like shampoo, deodorant and other hygiene produc...
10/08/2026

Hygiene isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. Access to everyday essentials like shampoo, deodorant and other hygiene products supports health, confidence and dignity. Yet, many of our neighbors face hygiene insecurity, making it harder to meet these basic needs.

We’re grateful to partner with Bridge to Basics, which helps provide Bolder Options youth with essential hygiene supplies. This October, join us in shining a light on hygiene insecurity and learning how we can make a difference together.

Learn more: https://bridgetobasics.org/shining-a-light-on-hygiene-insecurity-this-october/

Be the mentor a young person needs at a critical point in life.Middle school is a time when young people are figuring ou...
10/07/2026

Be the mentor a young person needs at a critical point in life.

Middle school is a time when young people are figuring out who they are, what they’re good at, and where they want to go next. Having a consistent adult in their corner can make a meaningful difference.

As a Bolder Options mentor, you’ll spend time with a young person each week, build a relationship around shared interests and physical activity, and support them as they navigate the challenges and opportunities ahead.

You don’t have to have all the answers. You just have to show up, listen, and be there. Become a Bolder Options mentor and help a young person move forward with confidence.

To learn more click the Ba A Mentor link in our Linktree

Saturday, Bolder Options pairs and alumni, joined us on a beautiful fall afternoon for our last bike ride of the season!...
10/06/2026

Saturday, Bolder Options pairs and alumni, joined us on a beautiful fall afternoon for our last bike ride of the season! The day could not have been more perfect, with a shining blue sky and some light challenges of wind and chestnuts keeping the ride interesting. We rode twice around Lake Nokomis and rewarded the effort with an extra mile to go get some ice cream!

Please join us in welcoming Claire Davies, our new AmeriCorps Groundwork Fellow, to Bolder Options! A Twin Cities native...
10/05/2026

Please join us in welcoming Claire Davies, our new AmeriCorps Groundwork Fellow, to Bolder Options! A Twin Cities native and recent graduate of Clark University, Claire brings experience in community development, youth work, creative writing, and nonprofit programming, along with a passion for creating welcoming spaces where young people feel heard and valued.

Through the Minnesota Alliance With Youth, Groundwork Fellows help organizations strengthen their programs and better serve young people facing educational barriers. Claire will be with us through June, focusing on research and program design for our Alumni Pathway. We’re excited to have her on the team!

# Minnesota Alliance With Youth Fellows

New Match Monday! 💙 Over the past couple of weeks, our Twin Cities team has been working hard to make new matches, and w...
10/04/2026

New Match Monday! 💙 Over the past couple of weeks, our Twin Cities team has been working hard to make new matches, and we’re excited to welcome these mentor-mentee pairs to Bolder Options!

Congratulations to all of our new matches! We can’t wait to see you grow together, build a strong connection, try new things and take on some BOLD adventures along the way.

🏃 The Twin Cities Marathon is almost here! Come cheer with Bolder Options! 🔔Join us Sunday, October 4, from 7 a.m.–1 p.m...
10/02/2026

🏃 The Twin Cities Marathon is almost here! Come cheer with Bolder Options! 🔔

Join us Sunday, October 4, from 7 a.m.–1 p.m. at Mission Mile in Oaks Park, near mile 4 of the 10 Mile and mile 20 of the marathon.

We’ll be there all day with Bolder Options cowbells to cheer on our Charity Partners running and fundraising for Bolder youth, along with all the runners passing through!

Get there early to catch our 10 Milers. We’ll even be blasting some Bad Bunny when one of them comes through! 🎶

Can’t join us? Check out our Charity Partner pages and chip in to help get our runners across their fundraising finish lines. https://givebutter.com/BoldChallenge2026?blm_aid=0

Questions or need help finding us on race day? Contact April Riordan at [email protected].

30 years later, the connection remains.Marcus and Erik first met through the Bolder Options Mentoring Program in 1994. M...
10/01/2026

30 years later, the connection remains.

Marcus and Erik first met through the Bolder Options Mentoring Program in 1994. More than three decades later, they reconnected over lunch with Darrell Thompson, sharing memories from Marcus’s time in the program and the relationship he built with his mentor.

Read Marcus’s story and learn how his Bolder Options experience stayed with him over the years.

Click the BLOG link in our Linktree to read the full story.

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