Cuyuna Range Youth Center

The Cuyuna Range Youth Center

Thank you so much for viewing our donation page and considering giving us a gift. Any donation is generous and helps us to better our community and the lives of our students.

Cuyuna Range Youth Center — Give to the Max 2025

At CRYC, we practice relationship-based supervision—a purposeful and intuitive approach to mentorship rooted in trust, respect, and meaningful connection. Our staff and volunteers walk alongside youth, creating space for them to grow as leaders in ways that feel authentic and empowering. Whether through everyday interactions or structured programs, we foster a culture where youth feel seen, heard, and trusted.

We also know that fun is essential to growth. Recreation isn’t just a bonus—it’s a core part of how we build connection, confidence, and community. Whether youth are gaming, painting, cooking, or simply spending time together, CRYC is a place where joy is encouraged, laughter is welcomed, and every young person can show up as themselves.

As we move through the 2025–2026 school year, our goal is not only to expand opportunities during open hours, but to increase the number of days we’re open and the meals we serve. Every open hour is a chance for youth to connect, create, and thrive—and every meal is a moment of care, stability, and nourishment.

Your support helps us:

• Provide free meals during every open hour, including take-home options and accessible snacks

• Increase operations hours

• Offer more quality opportunities, including materials for facilitated projects

• Offer consistent adult mentorship and a safe, welcoming space

• Empower youth through leadership roles, cooperative training, and youth-led activities

• Build a culture of kindness, respect, and shared responsibility

• Deliver hands-on learning and recreation through art, cooking, games, and community partnerships

• Keep the center lively, inclusive, and full of fun

The need for CRYC has never been greater.

More youth are showing up hungry, stressed, and seeking connection. We’re seeing increased need for everything CRYC has to offer, deeper engagement, and a growing demand for safe spaces where young people can be themselves, build relationships, and access consistent support.

In response, we’re expanding:

• Open hours to serve more youth, more often

• Free meals during every open hour, including take-home options and accessible snacks

• Hands-on programming in art, cooking, games, and leadership

• Materials and supplies that support creativity, collaboration, and fun

Hallett Foundation Matching Gift Opportunity Thanks to the incredible support of the Hallett Foundation, every donation made to the Cuyuna Range Youth Center during Give to the Max Day will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to a designated amount. That means your gift goes twice as far in supporting youth connection, learning, and community ownership.

Additionally, our volunteers are invaluable to us and it is one of the best ways that we can receive your support. Please consider becoming a volunteer during our open hours or as a board member.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

                                                                                                                                       

The Youth Center is open Mondays 3:30pm-8:00pm, Thursday, 3:30-8:00pm, alternate Saturdays 1:00-4:00pm to all students in grades 6-12. Programming at CRYC is free of charge to all youth. It's a place for youth to engage in art, games, sports, cooking, and other recreational activities they may otherwise not have access to. Meals Served Wednesday 3:30-5:30pm all youth.

Why Your Gift Matters

Your gift helps the Cuyuna Range Youth Center continue to be a safe, joyful, and empowering space where youth build trusting, healthy relationships with caring adults — something especially vital in today’s world. Many of our youth are still navigating hardship and stress, and the need for consistent mentorship, nourishment, and connection has only grown.

CRYC offers more than just a place to be — it offers stability, guidance, and opportunity. We provide:

• A welcoming environment where youth feel seen and supported

• Healthy meals and snacks during every open hour

• Mentorship rooted in trust, respect, and meaningful connection

• Recreational activities and creative outlets youth may not otherwise access

• Support in school, life, and leadership development

Our ultimate goal is to guide youth to become kind, respectful, and socially responsible young adults — all within a space that centers fun, community, and growth. We believe it takes a village to raise healthy teens — mind, body, and spirit — and we invite you to be part of ours.

Together, we can continue building a place where youth thrive.