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BBBS
Secures Local Funding for Purchase of Chromebooks
The Community Foundation of Shelby County recently awarded Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County a grant to assist with the
purchase of Chromebooks and docking station for their Career Quest
program. Career Quest is a partnership with Sidney High School’s
Opportunity School that offers one-to-one mentoring for youth to
develop hope, build skills, and prepare for future careers in the
community.
Career Quest invests in the workforce by creating pathways in
manufacturing, construction, and health with local partners to assist
youth with skills and services necessary to reach their maximum
potential. Career Quest provides pathways for success to
post-secondary education by partnering with Rhodes State College and
Edison State Community College to provide evidence-based curriculum,
field experiences, internships, job shadowing, and the opportunity to
receive a credential and/or college credit. Career Quest teaches
financial well-being for work and life via the Federal Reserve Bank’s
“Keys to Financial Success” curriculum. Students learn the
knowledge, skills, and processes required to make sound financial
decisions and manage their own personal finances. Lessons engage
students in critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County’s mission is to
provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring,
professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their
lives for the better, forever. Their vision is for all children
to achieve success in life. One-to-one mentoring programs provide
support, activities, education, and most importantly, a mentor for
children who may be considered at-risk. Thanks to generous
donations like that from The Community Foundation of Shelby County,
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a non-profit United Way partner agency with
over 25 children waiting to be matched with a caring adult. Ten
of those children are specific to the Career Quest program and
volunteers are needed from 3-7pm, Monday through Thursday.
If you would like to become an event sponsor, donor, volunteer, or
learn more about how you can make a difference in a child’s life,
contact your local agency at 937-492-7611, 937-547-9622, or go to
www.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org for more information.
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