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Our 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. From ages five through young adulthood in communities across the country, we develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado (BBBSC) is to create and support mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarington provides top quality volunteer based mentoring programs to the children of Clarington. Our agency has been making a difference in the lives of children living throughout the municipality of Clarington for over three decades. Big Brothers Big Sisters serves over 450 children through innovative programs such as 1:1 matches, In-School Mentoring, Big Bunch Group Mentoring, Couples Matches and the Champions of Change Leadership Development Program.

Big Brothers Big Sisters helps children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships with proven results.The mission reflects the agency’s commitment to children and families by being inclusive, responsive and effective.

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Toronto matches adults over the age of 18 to children between the ages of 6 and 18 in a one-to-one mentoring relationship that is fun and rewarding to both. For Decades, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Toronto have been well known and respected for the important service they provide to children in our community. Your contribution will inspire a child in Toronto to reach his or her full potential through an on-going relationship with a caring adult. It isn't easy being a kid these days. An adult mentor will give these children something they need most - someone to talk to, have fun with and learn from. You can help make a difference! Your donation will help us reach more children in our community! All donations we receive help us to: Offer quality programming, help us to recruit new Big Brothers and Big Sisters, provide careful screening and proper matching of our Bigs and Littles and offer ongoing professional support for every match!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is Canada's leading youth mentoring organization, serving over 30,000 children and youth in over 1,000 communities across the country. It is our vision that "every child in Canada who needs a mentor has a mentor". Currently, there are 10,000+ children waiting to receive a mentor.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph provides friendship and guidance to children from 5 to 16 years of age who need the support of a positive adult in their lives. Programs include One-to-One Match, Group, Couples Match, In-School Mentoring, Game On! and Go Girls! Visit www.bbbsg.ca for further information.

Big Sisters of Ottawa Carleton and Big Brothers of Ottawa were agencies in Ottawa that provided adult friends and mentors to girls and boys in need in order to enable them to achieve their full potential as young men and women. Studies have shown that mentoring is the most effective way of helping a youngster deal positively with the challenges of growing up. For almost 30 years, these two agencies operated side by side in the Greater Ottawa Area. Now, we are one organization, with an aim to improve service delivery, expand the number of children we serve and present a more coherent face to clients, funders and the general public alike.

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.