Big Brothers Big Sisters
Wal-Mart Foundation
Awards Funding to BBBS
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County is honored to be
the recipient of a donation from the WalMart Foundation. This funding
will be used to support the Big Brothers Big Sisters “Big Buddies”
after school Mentoring program, which currently has around 150
freshman, sophomores, junior, and senior students mentoring elementary
children across the two-county area.
The High School Mentoring program known as “Big Buddies” is a nine
month commitment where volunteer high school students mentor elementary
students after-school hours at their elementary sites.
This year, Shelby County sites include, Northwood, Whittier, Emerson
and Longfellow. And Darke county sites include; Ansonia, Woodland
Heights and Versailles. All sessions last approximately 1.5 hours
and mentors work one-on-one with students on activities that center
around a positive life skills curriculum. All sessions are
supervised and activities facilitated by trained agency
personnel.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County is a nonprofit
United Way Partner organization whose mission is to develop and mature
quality relationships between children and volunteers. The
relationship is meant to guide each child towards becoming a confident,
competent, and caring individual. If anyone is interested in becoming a
volunteer, you may call the office at (937)547-9622 or go to the BBBS
website at www.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org.
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