Join Big Brothers Big Sisters for the Start Something BIG Breakfast on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. This isn’t the start of another day. It’s the start of something BIG! We hope that you will come and learn about our achievements and goals that we hope you will want to be a part of. Breakfast begins at 8:00AM at the Hilton Carillon Park Hotel.
RSVP is required, so please contact Michael Sutton at 727-518-8860 if you are interested in attending.
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Male Mentors Wanted!
Though Big Brothers Big Sisters is always looking for volunteers from all walks of life, right now there is a greater need for men.
As a Big Brother, you get to be a kid again for an hour a week while you give a kid the invaluable gift of your friendship. Of the hundreds of boys waiting for a Big Brother right now, there’s one wanting to play video games, shoot hoops, or just hang out with someone just like you! Get started today!
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"You don't have to change
your life to impact his."
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Call to action for mentors
Click here to view CNN’s interview with Michael Baisden
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pinellas County has partnered with radio personality, Michael Baisden and his One Million Mentors Campaign. Baisden will be stopping at 72 cities during a seven month period to raise awareness for the need of male mentors. Locally, there are 300 boys on our waiting list. To find out how you can become a Big Brother click here. To find out more regarding the One Million Mentors Campaign visit www.onemillionmentors.org
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Changing Perspectives...Changing Lives
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Chi Chi Academy and Big Brothers Big Sisters have partnered together to positively engage “at-risk” youth in Pinellas County.
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USF Partnership
USF Head Football Coach Skip Holtz and Head Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Heath teamed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Sports Buddies program. This spring the coaches played ball with “Little Brothers” to film a public service announcement to recruit more male mentors. You can find out more about our Sports Buddies program by clicking here. A special thanks to the University of South Florida and Bright House Networks for making this possible!
Click here to see USF PSA
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In The News
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Real Life Stories
 "I only landed in the bush once!" Little Sister, Faith, exclaimed about a recent bike outing at the St. Pete Pier with her Big Sister Janene. For the first time, Faith was able to steer a bike and felt so accomplished in front of her Big Sister. Faith and Janene have enjoyed a variety of activities this summer including a Rays baseball game on a summer night, dodging dragon flies at a local city park and watching a sunset at Madiera Beach. Faith is getting ready for the new school year. Last year Faith's grades improved greatly to nearly all A's and she attributes this to her hard work, her Big Sister, and her tutoring at Kumon. Faith said, "I feel proud." When asked to describe her feeling about her progress in school. Janene's involvement with Big Brothers Big Sisters has evolved beyond her volunteerism as a Big Sister. She has recently become a member of the Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Speakers Bureau participating in speaking engagements throughout the community. One of her recent presentations resulted in the recruitment of five male "Bigs". Janene's deeper involvement continued when she discovered that her employer provided a matching gifts program that provided a monetary donation for the time she volunteers with the agency!
Real stories of Bigs and Littles »
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Special thanks to Allstate and the Lewis G. Schaeneman Foundation for their financial contributions to make this website possible!
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