BBBSWNC thanks the Jackson County and Swain County Community Foundations, both affiliates of the North Carolina Community Foundation, for recent grants supporting our High School Bigs mentoring program in Jackson and Swain Counties, respectively. Funding will provide reusable activity boxes
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Our thanks go to the Cedar Creek Charitable Fund for its generous, recent grant. This contribution supports BBBSWNC’s growing work in the Cashiers/Highlands area, helping sustain the staff and program resources behind strong mentoring relationships. Funding supports volunteer recruitment, youth
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Jamie has known Jennifer for more than 20 years. Even today, the mother of four talks to her former Big Sister in ways that she doesn’t with other people. “I don’t confide in a lot of people about a lot
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Last Thursday, High School Bigs and Littles at Lake Lure Classical Academy met for the first time. “We had a lot of fun painting rocks to create our very own ‘Worry Monster,’” said Madi Siegfreid, Rutherford County Program Coordinator. Everyone
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When Joey met Andre in 2017, Andre wasn’t doing so well in school. So they spent time in the library, reading and working on comprehension, with Joey stressing the importance of homework. Steadily, Andre’s grades improved. Since then, they’ve done
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