Treehouse:
6805 minnetonka boulevard, st. louis park
basic information
Hours: The TreeHouse is open for main programming on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Serves: Youth in grades 7-12 from anywhere.
Services provided: TreeHouse provides support groups and discussion spaces for youth. It is faith-based and located at a church, but anyone can attend. A free meal is provided at each program, as well as basketball and time to hang out. They will provide transportation to anyone who lives in St. Louis Park.
Volunteer opportunities: Teens can volunteer with the youth on Tuesdays and Thursdays as mentors to the younger kids.
Serves: Youth in grades 7-12 from anywhere.
Services provided: TreeHouse provides support groups and discussion spaces for youth. It is faith-based and located at a church, but anyone can attend. A free meal is provided at each program, as well as basketball and time to hang out. They will provide transportation to anyone who lives in St. Louis Park.
Volunteer opportunities: Teens can volunteer with the youth on Tuesdays and Thursdays as mentors to the younger kids.
q&a with area director greg hildebrandt
What are the two main programs you provide?
On both Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6:30-7, we have a meal that's provided by volunteers and there's basketball in the gym, and time for teens to hang out. Then after that, our programming starts. On Tuesdays, we break up into different support groups. Teens talk about what's going on at home, at school, with their friends.
What would you like youth to know about TreeHouse?
Being a teenager is really hard. At TreeHouse, we just want to provide a place where teens can get help and wrestle through some of the harder things about being a teenager. I just remember feeling like I was always in survival mode because I didn't feel like anyone had my back. At TreeHouse, we just want to make it a place where you don't have to feel like that.
On both Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6:30-7, we have a meal that's provided by volunteers and there's basketball in the gym, and time for teens to hang out. Then after that, our programming starts. On Tuesdays, we break up into different support groups. Teens talk about what's going on at home, at school, with their friends.
What would you like youth to know about TreeHouse?
Being a teenager is really hard. At TreeHouse, we just want to provide a place where teens can get help and wrestle through some of the harder things about being a teenager. I just remember feeling like I was always in survival mode because I didn't feel like anyone had my back. At TreeHouse, we just want to make it a place where you don't have to feel like that.
