January is a great time to say THANK YOU to the many dedicated volunteers who serve as “Bigs” to youth in WNC! It’s also a perfect time for other community members to start something BIG for a child! With your help, we can reach more children who need the support of a caring role model. Call us today to get involved: 253-1470 in Buncombe County or visit the “Branch Offices” page for contact info for the BBBS program closest to you.
Start something BIG for a kid by supporting Bowl For Kids’ Sake!
The annual fundraiser will be held on February 25 for the Buncombe, Burke, Henderson, and Polk County offices. The Haywood County event will be March 3.
Call the office you wish to support to reserve your bowling shift.
Buncombe: 253-1470
Burke: 430-8357
Haywood: 273-3601
Henderson: 693-8153
Polk: 859-9230
Bowlers: Fax or mail in the Team Registration Form to reserve your bowling time… All county Team Registration
If you wish to use our easy, secure online fundraising click here:
http://www.firstgiving.com/bbbswnc
Click here for step-by-step instructions for setting up your fundraising page at the First Giving link above:
Online fundraising steps
Starting more high school graduates. More friendships. More role models. Community members, like yourself, can start something BIG each and every day in the lives of children impacted by Big Brothers Big Sisters. Become a mentor, sponsor a group activity, make a donation, or recruit mentors from your church or workplace.
Women and men are needed in the School-based Program/ After-School Mentoring Program to spend one hour a week helping a young person boost academic success, confidence, and social skills.
Volunteers, especially men, are needed for the Community-based Program to become a Big to a young person from a single-parent family. Call the BBBS office in your town today! For contact information about the BBBS program closest to you, visit our Branch Offices page.
Congratulations to Jesse Shepherd**! Jesse is the grand prize winner in our raffle. We did not sell enough tickets to give away the log cabin, so as stated in the official rules, Jesse will split the raffle’s proceeds with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina. Jesse was selected using www.random.org’s third party draw service.
The money raised in the raffle will help BBBS of WNC recruit, screen, train and support adult volunteers who want to make a difference in the life of a child or teen. This year, the organization faced the loss of a major federal grant making the funds raised in the raffle even more important to the future of BBBS WNC.
We thank you for your support of our mission to provide a mentor to every child who needs or wants one.
**Jesse must meet raffle eligibility requirements. If Jesse does not, we will select another winner.
Click here for age group results of our 3rd Annual Run for Kids’ Sake, presented by Blue Ridge Foot Centers. And, here for overall results.
Congratulations to the 52 Littles who were honored at the Recognition Dinner for
Littles on May 26! Five of eight graduating seniors were in attendance and were given special recognition. Five of the seniors have been matched with their Big Brother/ Big Sister for over 7 years. Thank you to the Glass Foundation and Asheville High School for making this event possible.
Graduating Littles: back row, from left: Cody, Tim, Alexis, Sierra; front row: Angel
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina serves nearly 700 children and teens in eight western counties. We match adult mentors with kids who need a caring role model in their lives. We match Bigs and Littles based on personality, hobbies and experiences and provide full support from the start, so matches can grow into lasting, fruitful friendships.
The impact of this friendship is great:
Bigs feel the impact of their relationship, too. Many note that they became a Big Brother or Big Sister to help out a child, not realizing how much the match would change their own lives. Help us give area youth the tools to “Start Something BIG.” Become a mentor, enroll a child or donate.
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