Seeking Help Without Shame: Soriya’s Story

Seeking Help Without Shame: Soriya’s Story

*pictured on the left Soriya has attended the Mt. Airy Club for the past 2 ½ years and will be graduating from high school in June! Looking toward the future, she is making a conscious choice to take a year off to prioritize her mental health and wellbeing before...
BGCTC’s Forgiveness, Meditation, and Yoga

BGCTC’s Forgiveness, Meditation, and Yoga

Southside Village Club has partnered with The Power of Forgiveness Mpls, an organization that embraces forgiveness as a tool to cultivate a spirit of empathy, compassion, and understanding. Twice each week, youth come together to talk about who they would like to...

Finding Support in Sharing

When kids arrive at Minneapolis’ Southside Village Club, one of their first activities is to sit down as a group for daily circle time. Circle time is part of BGCTC’s efforts to increase social and emotional learning in all youth and teens we serve. Each day, youth...

A Pioneer for Growth

Joshuah, a high school senior, is the first Club youth from the Little Earth community to be nominated for our Twin Cities Youth of the Year award. He has worked hard his entire life to make healthy decisions for himself and his community. Growing up in a struggling...