Jill is one of my favorite students— but she’s also one of the most reluctant learners I have ever encountered! She has low self-esteem and has conditioned herself not to try at anything—no matter what it is. Jill has…
Thanks to the Asheville Brewer’s Alliance for a great first annual Big Brewery Bowl Off!
With five ABA teams registering—including two from Green Man Brewing, Hi-Wire, Bhramari and The Wedge Brewery, and the amazingly entertaining local comedian Drew McDermott MC’ing—we had a blast, and raised money to support local kids getting the support of a caring…
A ‘Great Story’ from AmeriCorps’ Project MARS
A lot of what I do every day is literacy development. It involves serving either a group of kids, or individual kids ranging from grades K-4. We focus on reading skills – things like comprehension, fluency, pronunciation, etc. This…
Elementary School Students Raise Funds for Bowl For Kids’ Sake
How’d they do it? They declared the day “Hat Day” and permitted every student who brought in a dollar for BBBS to wear a hat of their choosing for the entire day! What a blast! And the results were…
BBBS WNC Nominates 2018 Big Sister of the Year!
Each year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America affiliates nominate local mentors to be considered for the Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year award for their state. A host of criteria are considered in the selection process,…
