Bolder Options Give To The Max Day!

Bolder Options is a one-on-one, wellness-based mentoring program for at-promise youth. Our goal is to ensure that the promise of our community’s youth is realized, regardless of their life circumstances. 

Bolder Options’ mentoring program is different from other youth mentoring programs because:

1. We focus only on middle school youth who are referred; 
2. Youth set and pursue health, academic, and social/emotional goals while in the program vs. just spending time with a mentor going to the movies or a game;
3. Our mentors meet every week for a year vs. once or twice a month like most other mentoring programs - as a result, the quality of the relationships is much deeper;
4. Living a healthy, active life is the theme that ties our program together and provides a framework for introducing youth to a wide variety of activities they would otherwise not likely experience.

We asked our mentors, mentees, and families to write Thank You notes to funders sharing why Bolder Options is important to them. Here are some of the responses we received:

Bolder Options is important to me because:

“Bolder has saved my life in more ways than one by being there when others weren’t”

          – Vienna, 2014 mentee

“This is what happens when people believe in you – you start to believe in yourself”

         – Sarah, 2018 mentor

“It helps my son to feel strong and confident in all aspects of his life”

         – Chris, 2017 parent

“It makes me feel included and important. It has changed the way I view life and school”

        – Ashley, 2018 mentee