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The Big Brothers Big Sisters Mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

BBBSOLA provides mentoring services to over 1300 young people in London & Middlesex, including one-to-one mentoing (the Big Brother and Big Sister programs), school based mentoring, group mentoring and more.

Big Brothers Big Sisters provides children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentor relationships between a caring adult and an at-risk youth that change a child's life for the better, forever.

The Mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/Metrowest is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Founded in 1963, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/Metrowest has supported children in our community through individualized mentoring programs for over 50 years. We reach the children who need us most through strong partnerships with local schools and youth development programs, and with the support of community volunteers, many coming from local colleges and corporations.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast provides one-to-one mentoring relationships to children ages 6-18 years old throughout the Gulf Coast of Florida in Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Highlands, Hardee, Charlotte, Lee, Hendry and Collier counties. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast holds itself accountable for children in its program to achieve measurable outcomes, such as educational success; avoidance of risky behaviors; and higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships. The organization provides children facing adversity, often those of single or low-income households or families with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Our urgent and essential mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth and our vision is that all youth achieve their full potential. Since 1958, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area has provided meaningful, monitored, results-driven, professionally supported one-to-one interactions between children ages 6-18 and screened, qualified adult mentors, helping youth ignite and harness their potential. We are an award-winning affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America due to our local mentor relationships' exceptional duration and quality. We empower the potential of about 500 young people each year across the nine Bay Area Counties. Our community values our program as over 600 adults provide 37,000 volunteer hours with us each year; another 150 youth have requested a mentor and are waiting.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria serves more than 600 children and youth each year in the Greater Victoria region. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria positively affects our community by providing mentoring programs for children and youth, which enhance their sense of belonging, self-worth, resiliency and capacity to make healthy, well-informed choices. All of the children and youth in our programs need a friend, some a role-model and champion, others require assistance with learning or social issues, and others live in households where family members are challenged by isolation, poverty, or health or addiction issues. We envision a future when we are able to provide a sustainable, quality mentoring experience for every child or youth who expresses a desire to have a mentor because we know that the power of mentorship has a positive impact that lasts for a lifetime.

Who kindled your imagination? Who stimulated your creativity? Who made you feel special? Each day, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area empowers children to pursue their dreams. Through our community based, traditional Big Brother/Big Sister/Big Couple programs, our site-based In-School Mentoring program, our Between Generations seniors program, our Teen In-School Mentoring Program, and our Recreation mentoring program, we offer children in Calgary the opportunity to reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships. A mentor can change a child's life forever. We welcome donations of any amount. Your support helps pay for: - Volunteer mentor recruitment, orientation, training, support and recognition - Events for our mentors and their matches, as well as for our families and children waiting to be matched - Support services for our families - Supplies and activity boxes for our In-school programs

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hamilton & Burlington provide quality mentoring relationships between adult volunteers and children at risk. Research clearly indicates that developing greater self-esteem in children, while building a strong relationship with a mentor, offers a recipe for improved social behavior and reduces agression and conduct disorders. Through the support of our donors we now provide several programs that have a direct impact on the well being and future of children within our community.

Over 30 years of matching children with volunteer mentors in Wood Buffalo. Programs include Big Brother matches, Big Sister matches, Couples Matches, In- School Mentoring and Full Circle Mentoring, an Aboriginal based program. To date have served over 3,500 children and youth. We believe in providing opportunites for the development of self-confidence and awareness. We believe that instilling personal productivity benefits the community and self. We believe in respect for all. We believe commitment is crucial in the wefalre of children and youth.

We can all cast our minds back through time to identify the person who made a difference for us just when we needed it most. Often those relationships were with adults who were part of our lives through family, community or school connections. Big Brothers/Big Sisters of St.Thomas-Elgin has taken those informal mentoring relationships and structured a process to engineer similar outcomes. We believe our volunteers who are matched within our community based mentoring programs and our volunteers matched within our school based mentoring programs are making a difference in the lives of the children and youth they mentor.

Teen Talk App is a free and non-sectarian program of Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles. Teen Talk App provides a free, anonymous, safe space for teens to request support from trained peers who are supervised by licensed clinicians. Teen Talk App creates a positive space for teens who are looking for support, to vent or to find others going through similar experiences. Research indicates that improved engagement and connection with peers increases protective factors known to decrease serious mental health crisis in young people. The positive interaction teens have on the Teen Talk App with a peer is often the first step towards seeking help. The app is available to teens worldwide and accessible through both the iOS and Android platform.