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The Link is part of a wide network of Twin Cities non-profit organizations. These are some of our friends:

African American Family Services
Aliveness Project
American Indian OIC
Avenues For Homeless Youth
Boys and Girls Club
Bridging, Inc.
Broadway School
Career & Technical Education
Catholic Charities - Hope Street
Centro Cultural Chicano
Chrysalis Center for Women
Circle of Discipline
The City, Inc.
Clues
Community University Health Care Clinic
Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota
Cookie Cart
District 202
East Side Neighborhood Services
El Colegio
Employment Action Council
Face to Face
Family and Children Services
Freeport West
Genesis II
Hawthorne Huddle
Hmong - American Partnership
Indian Health Board
Juxtaposition
La Familia
Learning Disabilities Association
Lao Family Center
Loring-Nicollet Bethlehem Community Centers
MACC Alliance For Communities
Merrick Community Services
Minneapolis HIRED
Minneapolis Parks and Community Centers
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Minnesota Internship Center
Minnesota Work Force Center
MN Aids Project
National Resiliency Resource Center
Neighborhood House
Northpoint Health and Wellness
Northside YMCA
Outfront MN
PACER Center
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
Pillsbury United Communities
Plymouth Christian Youth Center
Rainbow Families
Red Door Clinic
Redeemer Lutheran Church
RS Eden
Sabathani Community Center
Safe Zone
SE Asian Family Services
Sexual Violence Center
Summit Academy OIC
The Bridge
Tubman
Twin Cities RISE
Urban League
Urban Ventures
West Broadway Area Coalition
Yo! The Movement
Youthlink

My Story

Project Potential
On a warm and humid summer morning, six teenage boys and two staff members headed out of Minneapolis up Highway 35 to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). For some of these teens this was their first time leaving Minneapolis. These boys would spend the next four days canoeing the BWCA learning how they individually could handle difficult situations.

One night as the group was about to set up camp for the evening, the island they intended to make home for the night was full. The boys were frustrated and angry. That anger grew as they continued on to the next camp site, and it was full. The group canoed for three hours stopping at eight sites before they found an empty one. The kids let go of their anger and without complaint, they each found their place in setting up camp for the night. This example of growth was just one highlight as the teens grew personally with a better understanding that they could deal with stresses of life through their own determination.

Hennepin County is a sponsoring agency of Project Potential.


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