The Otto Bremer foundation announced it had awarded grants totaling over $4 million over three years to six Twin Cities nonprofit organizations to “enhance safety and short-term stability for homeless youth and enable them to move forward on the path of healthy development.” Those six agencies are YouthLink, Avenues for Homeless Youth, Catholic Charities of ...Read More →

YouthLink is hosting its annual Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 21st from 4-7 pm. We’ve still got a few volunteer slots available for set up from 1-3pm and childcare, the cake walk, and arts & crafts from 4-7pm. Contact Kathleen Smith, Communications and Volunteer Coordinator, at 612-252-1211 or smith4@youthlinkmn.org for more details!

  On November 10th, we celebrated our first annual Friends of YouthLink event to thank the donors, volunteers and community leaders that make everything we do possible. Held at the Depot Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, more than  60 friends of YouthLink gathered to enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres, meet some of the youth we serve, and ...Read More →

  On Wednesday, November 23rd, YouthLink held its annual Thanksgiving dinner. More than 120 homeless youth deepened their engagement with YouthLink and its staff while enjoying a hot meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes and all the fixings, donated by local community members and vendors. More than 20 volunteers worked in the kitchen, ...Read More →

Here’s a quick look at all the wonderful places we’ve popped up in the past few months! Congratulations to AECOM! YouthLink’s remodel to host the YOC won them an award for best small project from ENR Midwest! A special thanks to Kare 11 for featuring us not once, but twice in the month of November! ...Read More →

Looking for a great volunteer opportunity for groups? Help YouthLink host monthly birthday parties for our youth! This is a great opportunity to interact with the youth we serve and help them celebrate a special day. We’re looking for groups of 5-10 volunteers to provide cake and icecream for about 50 youth, help us put on a ...Read More →

 Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who gave on Give to the Max day! Thanks to your generosity, you helped raise over $9,300 to open doors of opportunity to futures of empowerment, connectedness, and self-reliance for youth experiencing homelessness. $9,300 is an amazing amount, but what did you really help us do on ...Read More →

Thank you to everyone who helped out with our annual Thanksgiving Dinner! From food donations to day-of volunteers, you all helped give over 120 homeless youth a Thanksgiving dinner to remember! For a recap of the event, and to find ways you can help with our upcoming Holiday Party, click here.

A huge thank you to Kare 11 for featuring YouthLink and the issue of youth homelessness! If you missed the TV spot, click here to check out the story!

A special thank you to our recent volunteer group from CoreNet! These dedicated volunteers helped us sort and organize recent in kind donations, and did it all with a smile. We hope to see you again soon!