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Big
Buddy: Shelby Baker of Sidney High school with her Little Buddy,
Aliyah Taborn daughter of Leigh
Allspaw of Sidney, learning how to use
listening skills in making a hat, from instructions only.
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Monarch Legacy Fund
awards donation to BBBS
The Monarch Legacy Fund of the Community Foundation of Shelby County
recently awarded a grant to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and
Darke County. Big Brothers Big Sisters was chosen to
receive funding because of its continued efforts to make a positive
impact in “at risk” children. The funding will be used for
computer upgrades and for the school mentoring program that pairs high
school freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors with elementary aged
students twice a month.
New to the program this year is a “Positive Life Choices” curriculum
which promotes the importance of manners, respect, positive
self-esteem, being substance free, and positive decision
making.
The High School Mentoring program known as “Big Buddies” is nine-month
commitments where volunteer high school students mentor elementary age
children two times a month at an agency designation. This year
the program operates at Northwood Elementary School, Longfellow
Elementary School, and Whittier Elementary School in Sidney with over
283 children being served in these programs.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County is a nonprofit,
United Way member, social service 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.
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