Before I started a service term with Project MARS, I’d had lots of experience working with younger children. Mentoring, and academically supporting middle schoolers made me a little nervous. After Hurricane Helene, it was expected that students would show up
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What kind of difference can a mentor make? How about a boost of confidence for a boy learning English? Little Brother Noe wanted to improve his English this school year, even though he was afraid fluency would make him lose his
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One of the first things Nayla wanted to do with her new Big Sister Nancy was to go to a library. Nancy, a retired Spanish and English Language Learner teacher for Burke County, knows that nurturing English-proficient children also helps
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Margery “Maggie” Wheeless has supported BBBSWNC through her work in public schools for around 20 years. Three years ago, a friend encouraged her to take the next step and become a Big Sister. “Volunteering and giving back to my community
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For three years, group mentor Charlotte Kaplan has been meeting with two groups of girls – sixth-grade and seventh-grade – at AC Reynolds Middle School. They talk about issues the girls are interested in, including their strengths and weaknesses, healthy
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