Thank you to our dedicated donors, volunteers and supporters who made our end of year campaign a BIG success. You make our matches happen! The 2011 campaign raised over $500,000 and will allow us to continuously provide our quality mentoring program to over 1,600 Chicagoland at-risk youth. To learn more about the impact of your partnership, please take a moment to read Rosie’s by clicking the link below.
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Awards BBBSMC a $218,750 Grant
BBBSMC was awarded a $218,750 grant, via a Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) Juvenile Justice Initiative (JJI) competitive pass through grant from OJJDP. As part of the award, BBBSMC will be partnering with juvenile justice agencies, schools and other community partners to reach at-risk children in high need areas throughout the city and suburbs.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago is pleased to announce a mentoring program for at-risk children that has found success in Lake County over the years will be tried for the first time in Cook County at a Skokie junior high school in early 2012. The program will match 15 students at Skokie’s Lincoln Jr. High School with volunteer mentors from the community. Click below to learn more and to read the accompanying article.
For the first time in the history of our Site Based Program, we provided over 1,000 children with positive, caring adult role models and launched 9 new programs in one year. These record accomplishments could not have happened without the dedicated support of volunteers from our 45 different site programs. Click below to learn more.
On Saturday, December 10th, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago held its annual Big & Little Holiday Party in Chicago. 491 Bigs and Littles attended the party with dancing, arts and crafts, cookie decorating, lunch and even a special visit from Santa! A special thank you to Staff Management for being a Match Maker Sponsor for the party. Thank you for your support and Happy Holidays!
Brunswick and AthletiCo Sponsor Bowl For Kids' Sake
Brunswick and AthletiCo Sponsor Bowl For Kids' Sake Brunswick Zone/Brunswick Zone XL and AthletiCo have purchased the title sponsorship and presenting sponorship respectively for the 2011-2012 Bowl For Kids' Sake season. The events will now be called Brunswick Zone Bowl For Kids' Sake presented by AthletiCo
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