Hospitality House

For over 40 years the Hospitality House has been an organization dedicted to the underpriveledged youth of North Minneapolis. They have maintained a simple Four Point Purpose:

1. Go where the youth are
2. Meet the real needs of youth--a holistic ministry
3. Keep the programs Christ-centered
4. Raise up a new generation of young people who will assume leadership roles in our communities

This is an easy place to get involved with because their are SO MANY different opportunities. If you have any desire to work with youth - boys and girls ages 7 to 18 - there is undoubtedly something for you to do here.

There are four main categories that volunteers fall under: Education, Athletics, Outreach, and Administrative. And there are numerous opportunities within each category. There are also regular special events as well as group opportunities. They operate primarily M-F after school and into the evening as well as occasional Saturdays.

On a side note - a few years back while taking a Media class at Bethel College I had the priveledge of creating a documentary on the Hospitality House and was able to spend some time with the founder Elwood 'Woody' Larson. I also spent quite a bit of time - at Woody's request - simply 'being' with the kids. While my documentary has long since been pulled from the Public Access cable channel on which it aired - there is still a huge need for people to get involved with the kids of our city that have so few of the luxuries that we take for granted. The Hospitality House is a great place to start.

For more information as well as a Volunteer Application:

http://www.hhyd.org/