Individual Giving

Big Brothers Big Sisters needs YOU!
Support from individuals like you is essential to providing mentors for children in Eastern Missouri. It isn’t easy being a kid these days. In these complex and confusing times, children need a caring adult to be a mentor and friend. Through their mentors, youth are exposed to a world that is often very different from what surrounds them on a daily basis. They have a role model and friend who guides and supports them and cares about the choices they make.   All children should have a caring friend that they can talk to, have fun with, and learn from. 

Research shows that our mentoring works
Kids with a Big Brother or Big Sister show real differences in their personal and academic lives. In a 1995 study conducted by Public/Private Ventures showed that a Big Brothers Big Sisters one-to-one mentoring relationship is a highly effective strategy for supporting children at risk. When compared to a control group of their peers who were not involved in mentoring relationships, youth that were mentored were

• 46% less likely to use drugs
• 52% less likely to skip school
• 33% less likely to engage in violent behavior
• More confident in their schoolwork performance
• Able to get along better with their families

Donating to BBBSEMO will help us to:

• Serve thousands of children in Eastern Missouri by providing each one of them with a caring adult mentor of their own.
• Recruit mentors for children that are on our waiting list. 
• Cover the costs of background checks and insurance, while ensuring that trained professionals match children with caring and responsible Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
• Provide instructors and instructional materials during our professional training sessions for staff, mentors and families.  
• Professionally screen, interview, match and monitor our mentoring matches so that we can ensure that true friendships are developing between mentors and youth.