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Local mentors win statewide acclaim as “Big Brother and Big Sister Of the Year!”

March 1, 2017 by Paul Clark

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina is proud to announce local mentors William Dickerson and Lynne Keating as North Carolina’s Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year. It’s been five years since Dickerson, a resident of Buncombe

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Congratulations to February’s Big Of The Month

March 1, 2017 by Paul Clark

  Many thanks to February’s Big Of The Month Hannah Lowman! Watching  Hannah’s  relationship with her little, Ka’ria, grow over the past three years has been an inspiration. These two have spent their time up until now in BBBS’ After-School program,

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Buncombe County Partners with Asheville Police Department for local “Bigs In Blue” Program

March 1, 2017 by Paul Clark

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Buncombe County and the Asheville Police Department have launched a brand new partnership that provides local youth with supportive mentors while also enriching community-police relations! “Bigs in Blue” is a national BBBS program that started

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Mountain Causes: Being a Big Sister

September 1, 2016 by Paul Clark

September 1, 2016, Asheville Citizen-Times By: Beth Walton The two sat and talked in Lane’s living room as their children played together nearby. Toys were scattered on the floor, and the youngest child, Morris’ baby girl, was showing off her

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Making a Difference in a Child’s Life With Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC

March 4, 2016 by Paul Clark

March 4, 2016, Mountain Xpress By: Carl Detroia In five years, I hope to be sitting front and center at a high school graduation. I am 70, so for me, this is both a goal and a prayer. But it

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