Statistics and information courtesy conversations with Bolder Options representatives and their website.
Overview
Bolder Options is an organization that encourages long-lasting healthy behavior in youth by pairing kids with mentors who focus on wellness, goal setting, tutoring, community involvement, and physical activity.
Bolder Options operates in Minneapolis, St Paul, and Rochester.
Population served
Youth who need guidance.
Bolder Options engages with youth aged 10-14 who may be at-risk of dropping out of school, or who are engaging in unhealthy or delinquent behaviors.
Ideal mentor
Mentors are historically recruited via recommendation, through active recruiting, and by using the MentorMN.org website. Mentor/mentee relationships are one-on-one, once a month for a year. Bolder Options provides services and programs with which to engage, like trips, biking, recreation, and events. What does it take to be a Bolder Options mentor? Bolder Options says this:
Being a mentor is simple. Just be YOU and share your passion for living an active life. Get up, get out, be active and let your light shine once a week with your mentee. You don’t need to be a hero. You’re not asked to save the day. Just be willing to shine a light and explore a world of opportunities with your mentee that could help them find, or create, a more positive path toward a brighter future.