• COLLABORATE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2023-2024!

    Are you ready to learn, grow and lead in bold, new ways? Become a Bridge Builder.

    APPLY NOW
    A Bridges Testimonial

    We acknowledge and embrace our differences because they're what make our community our community.

    — a Bridge Builders COLLABORATE participant

  • COLLABORATE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2023-2024!

    Are you ready to learn, grow and lead in bold, new ways? Become a Bridge Builder.

    APPLY NOW
    A Bridges Testimonial

    LOVE is the true foundation of how this organization is changing the lives of our youth.

    — parent of a Bridge Builder

  • COLLABORATE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2023-2024!

    Are you ready to learn, grow and lead in bold, new ways? Become a Bridge Builder.

    APPLY NOW
    A Bridges Testimonial

    This program has shaped me into a better leader, student and son.

    — a multiyear COLLABORATE participant

Bridge Builders programs transform young people in countless ways, and the result is a growing community of young leaders poised to reach across, lead the way, and build our community. Bridge Builders is open to students in grades 6-12, providing three different pathways for young people to engage.

Connect

Workshops and Field Trips

For students in grades 6-12. Participate in one-time events and workshops through Bridge Builders CONNECT programming. This allows students to experience the Bridge Builders program by engaging in meaningful topics through active, hands-on activities.

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Collaborate

Year-Round Program

For students in grades 7-12. Get ready to explore, bond and transform. Youth are empowered to apply what they have learned to improve their neighborhoods, schools and communities.

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Change

Fellowships

For select students in grades 8-12. Led by youth, for youth, this social change initiative provides the training resources and support young people need to lead a major community improvements. Commit 6-9 hours each week during the school year and make real change happen.

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“Give us a group; we’ll give you a team.”

Team BRIDGES

Team Building

Team BRIDGES is the premier team building group in the Mid-South, providing team building support for Bridge Builders programs and a variety of external organizations that range from nonprofits, corporations, faith-based groups, schools, colleges and universities.

Team Building & Climbing

Adventure

Team BRIDGES provides experiences in the air and on the ground, on a wall and in the classroom, indoors and out, all designed to transform everyone—even the adults—who comes through the doors.

How We Build Teams