The Big Brothers Big Sisters mission is to enrich, empower and encourage children to reach their highest potential through safe, positive one-to-one mentoring relationships.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters vision is to provide a mentor to every child who wants or needs one.

Big Brothers Big Sisters 
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a volunteer organization that provides children support, guidance, friendship and fun by matching them to adult role models.  Founded in 1927, our mission is to enrich, encourage and empower children to reach their highest potential through safe, positive one-to-one mentoring relationships. Big Brothers Big Sisters serves this mission through a professional staff that carefully works with both the volunteers and the children to ensure that the experience of Big Brothers Big Sisters is one that is dynamic, fulfilling, memorable and fun for both the child and the volunteer. Our History

Our Service Area
Big Brothers Big Sisters serves the following 25 counties: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Palo Pinto, Parker, Red River, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Titus, and Wise Counties. This service delivery area covers 18,726 square miles or 8.5% of the State of Texas

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
For over a century, Big Brothers and Big Sisters have helped children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships with proven results.

In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Coulter was seeing more and more boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these kids stay out of trouble, and he set out to find volunteers. That marked the beginning of the Big Brothers movement. By 1916, Big Brothers had spread to 96 cities across the country.

At around the same time, the members of a group called Ladies of Charity were befriending girls who had come through the New York Children's Court. That group would later become Catholic Big Sisters. 

Both groups continued to work independently until 1977, when Big Brothers of America and Big Sisters International joined forced and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

More than a century later, Big Brothers Big Sisters remains true to our founders' vision of bringing caring mentors into the lives of children. Big Brothers Big Sisters currently operates in all 50 states … and in 35 countries around the world!