BOLD & GOLD National Expansion

The BOLD and GOLD program has been so successful in Seattle that the Y, along with some very generous donors such as REI, is funding a large scale national expansion!   Our program was chosen as the signature program for expansion because of our unique emphasis on multi-cultural leadership through wilderness experiences, and that our curriculum has been proven to work! The BOLD & GOLD program which started out of a single room in the little Cascade People’s Center in the South Lake Union Neighborhood of Seattle now exists in:

• Bellingham, WA
• Beverly, MA
• Black Mountain, NC
• Boise, ID
• Chattanooga, TN
• Evanston, IL
• Greensboro, NC
• Houston, TX
• Indianapolis, IN
• Lawrence, MA
• Los Alamos, NM
• Medford, NJ
• Minneapolis/St Paul, MN
• New Haven, CT
• Rock Hill, SC
• Saginaw, MI
• San Francisco, CA

If you are interested in starting a BOLD & GOLD program at your YMCA branch contact Josh Epstein, YMCA BOLD & GOLD National Expansion Coordinator at jepstein@seattleymca.org.