“Changing the world could mean changing one person’s world,” Ashlynn McCoy, executive director of the Housing Assistance Corp. in Hendersonville and a member of the BBBSWNC Henderson Advisory Council, says in a recent BBBS column on BlueRidgeNow.com. “One of the…
Henderson County
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Henderson County
Senior Program Coordinator: Morgan Harris, morganh@bbbswnc.org
Program Coordinator: Erin Erickson, erine@bbbswnc.org
Phone: 828-507-6644
Address: PO Box 515, Dana, NC, 28724
Big Brother Jeff: Without mentors, ‘where or who would I be today?’
Thank you, BlueRidgeNow.com, for publishing Jeff Nance’s heartwarming story about the differences mentors made in his own childhood. Jeff is a Big Brother in Henderson County and serves on BBBS Henderson’s Advisory Council. If you can’t get to the link…
Restoring an old bike tools a Big/Little match, in Hendersonville news
In this story published Sunday at blueridgenow, Big Brother Ken Howitt talks about how a need to help – and an old bicycle – have brought him and his Little Brother together. Thank you, blueridge.now.com
Tony gets support after graduation from his Big
Tony, a graduating Little, graduates from East High School in Henderson County June 5. Like all other seniors this year, he won’t get a typical graduation. But his Big Brother Bill Parana, who plans to visit with him and give…
A ‘Great Story’ from AmeriCorp’s Project MARS
One of my favorite moments of my service year was volunteering at Dana Elementary. At Dana, I had the opportunity to work with ESL learners from kindergarten to 5th grade. I worked with these students in mixed classrooms practicing reading,…
