Archives for November 2019
BBBS video thanks Asheville’s Fun Depot for a great night out!
We created this 1.5-minute video to thank Asheville’s Fun Depot for hosting Bigs and Littles during our Power of Potential Giving Day this fall. Watch it – it’s fun!
BBBS is listed in Capital At Play’s annual November nonprofit issue!
We’re in Capital At Play’s November nonprofit issue! The issue covers “the region’s thriving and ever-growing nonprofit sector,” Managing Editor Fred Mills writes, and we are honored to be among the great organizations listed. We’re on page 110 (issuu) or…
A former Little makes the Biltmore Beacon!
“Susy Chandler could have ended up like many other low-income Arkansas girls three decades ago – pregnant and poor,” the story starts out. “But largely because of the steadfast attention of a “Big Sister,” Chandler avoided the pitfalls that entrapped…
Why seven women are mentoring seven girls at Upward Elementary
Thank you, BlueRidgeNow.com, for publishing Gloria Anderson’s great column on how Big Brothers Big Sisters of Henderson County is benefiting students (and mentors) at Upward Elementary School! Read Gloria’s column, published Nov. 10, right here.
Another Great Story from Project MARS – How Rachel Boyle got her students’ attention
Each semester, AmeriCorps’ Project MARS collects “Great Stories” from its members in which they reflect on their experiences mentoring in the classroom and the progress they see students making. This month’s story comes from Rachel Boyle. I was assigned to…
