BBBS is closing out 2021 with a host of great holiday parties. With these adorable llamas, BBBS Cashiers & Highlands participated in both the Highlands and Cashiers holiday parades, enjoying a lunch between the events with families, Bigs, and Littles.…
Haywood County
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Haywood County
Program Coordinator: Martha Barksdale, haywood@bbbswnc.org
Phone: 828-273-3601
Address: P.O. Box 431, Waynesville, NC 28786
Please designate Haywood County as the recipient of this donation.
Disabled veteran in Haywood County finds fun in a Little Brother
On Veterans Day, The Smoky Mountain News and Blue Ridge Public Radio have presented stories about disabled Haywood County veteran Kori Osienger, who is a Big Sister to Little Brother Taiven. In this article in the SMN, Osienger, a former…
BBBS Haywood’s trout race is this Saturday!
Buy a wooden “trout,” at haywoodwaterways.org, to race down the Pigeon River beside the reopened Bearwaters Brewing in Canton to raise money for BBBS Haywood (and Haywood Waterways Association)! Prizes include cash, a Publix gift card, a custom bamboo fly…
The Mountaineer: Junaluska Elementary students “share the love” with BBBS
Thank you, The Mountaineer newspaper, for this delightful story about the students at Junaluska Elementary School raising money for BBBS Haywood during their “Share The Love” week in February.!
Mekare upon graduation: “Never give up”
In December, Little Sister Mekare headed off into the working world to earn money for college. She wants to become a veterinarian and a CNA. Her Big Sister Hayley Bryson helped her feel “less alone in the world and helped…