Big Brother Big Sister Month
September is National Big Brothers Big Sisters Awareness Month and the Georgian Triangle agency would like to encourage you to be a BIG participant in serving more kids in more ways. Regardless of your age or experience level, there is a place for you to serve.
Dare to be a kid again –volunteer today!
ü Be a Big Brother or Sister– mentor a child for 2-4 hours a week
ü Mentor for Group Activities – work together with BBBS staff, just a few hours a month. Ages 6-16
ü Sandparents – Read to a child, ages 3-6, approximately one hour a week
ü In School Mentors (non-academic) – a friendship built with one child for approximately one hour a week. Primary age groups
ü Group Based Mentoring – one to two opportunities to serve per month in a community of your choice (Stayner, New Lowell, Creemore, Thornbury – also expanding Collingwood and WasagaBeaches programs) – approximately 4 hours per month per serving opportunity. Ages 6-12 and/or 13-16.
ü Drivers needed – help transport Littles to special events.
Just give us a call at 705-455-2330
Share A Little Magic With Big Brothers Big Sisters!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Georgian Triangle has been serving children for 39 years. In 2009 the agency received the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada agency growth award for the fifth consecutive year.“We are the very proud recipients of this National recognition. In a perfect world children would not require our services and we would not be seeing the substantial growth incurred over the past five years.Until then we will continue to find caring volunteers to share their time with deserving children”, said Karen Webb, Executive Director of BBBS of the Georgian Triangle.“New programs such as Co-op In School Mentoring, Katimavik for Kids, Cops, Kids and Communities and the Homework Club have all contributed to more children being served.Traditional Big Brother/ Big Sister, Couples for Kids and In School Mentoring programs, will always be our core services and have seen a real revitalization with many new, dynamic volunteers joining our tremendous group of existing BIGS and Mentors. We are now getting ready to roll out our newest Group Mentoring program thanks to the support we have received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Our mission is to provide the highest quality mentoring relationships to the children of the Georgian Triangle and we thank the community for supporting our children.
We wish everyone a Happy Big Brothers Big Sisters Month!”