Making the Connection

Big Brother and Big Sister matches come together through one of our four Community-Based Mentoring programs, one of our three School-Based Mentoring programs and one model focusing on mentoring in the Hispanic Community.  Please click on the following links to learn more!

Community-Based Mentoring: One-to-one mentoring out in the community

Community-Based mentoring is the traditional Big Brothers Big Sisters program where Bigs and Littles get together on their own to share fun activities they both enjoy.

The Community-Based Mentoring program is flexible to accommodate a variety of schedules. Volunteers meet with a child  2-5 hours, 2-4 times a month, for a minimum of one year.

• Community Program
  
  
• Amachi Program
  
  
• Sports Bigs
  

• Hermandad

School-Based Mentoring: One-to-one mentoring in a school setting

Bigs and Littles meet for one hour sessions in the classroom, school library, school computer room, or on the playground.  Bigs and Littles typically met once a week to read together, play sports, or computer games, or simply talk about life and personal issues - just as friends do. 

• Bigs in Schools
  

• High School Bigs
  

• Operation Bigs
  

• Hermandad

Our Impact

To learn more about the positive impact of mentoring on children, please click on School Based Mentoring Research.  To read about our impact on a local level, please click on Local Results.