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Big Brothers Big
Sisters
Education/Arts/Health
Care Community
Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Shelby and Darke County
continues to focus on our mission to provide children facing adversity
with
strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships
that
change their lives for the better, forever.
Our vision is that all children achieve
success in life.
The after-school
mentoring program, “Big Buddies” launched
the 2012-2013 school year with 175 participants.
Buddy programs are established in
Longfellow,
Northwood, and Whittier elementary schools in Sidney, as well as,
Woodland
Heights Elementary School in Greenville, and Versailles Elementary
School in
Darke County. As in
past years, the
program continues to promote social and educational enhancing
activities, as
well as, personal safety. In
2012, the
agency closed out the year serving a total of 132 children through our
core
community program.
Forty-three
percent of the operating funds for both counties
is derived from Shelby and Darke County United Way agencies. Additional sources of
revenue come from the
upcoming annual “Bowl For Kids’ Sake” set for March 1 & 3,
2013, at Bel-Mar
Lanes in Sidney and McBo’s Lanes in Versailles.
This event will offer many great
specialty prizes, including Cincinnati
Reds tickets, Newport Aquarium tickets, golf certificates, along with
local
restaurant and retail gift certificates.
This event is open to the public where
local community members can form
4 – 5 person teams. Each team member collects donations and comes out
to enjoy
the party. Corporate
Sponsorships are
available for $600, where a company enters a five-person team of the
company’s
employees; this includes a company lane banner and the company logo on
the
t-shirts. A T-shirt
Sponsorship is $400
and includes the company logo on 500 event t-shirts.
The Team Sponsorship for $300 allows a
company to enter a five-person team.
A
Lane Sponsorship for $125 includes the company name placed on a large
banner
above one of the lanes during the day-long event.
Prizes are also sought for the event. Corporate sponsor names
are announced throughout
the day.
The other major
fundraiser is our Annual Duck Race and 5K
Run in Tawawa Park. In
2012, the agency
launched more than 2,600 rubber ducks, adopted by local community
members. The first
place duck and its’ owner took home
a $1,000 shopping spree. This year the race is set for Thursday, June
20,
2013. The agency 5k
run had over 400
participants in its sixth annual event.
More information
about the agency can be found at www.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org
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