On behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters Central California, we would like to thank The Women of Color from PepsiCo for volunteering here at Big Brothers Big Sisters office. As you can see we all had a blast working together, and got many tasks accomplished thanks to the wonderful help from The Women of Color from PepsiCo. Once again thank you for your time and generous support.
Dear Community, It has come to our attention that, due to a technical error, our contact and application forms have been unable to process any information submitted via the website. We would like to apologize and inform any community member who has accessed bigs.org in the past few months. This problem was investigated, rectified and the system is now working properly. If you have
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central California Presents: SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, May 22nd Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central California is happy to announce our second lunchtime presentation in a series of, “Spotlight on Youth”. Our featured guest speaker will be Kendra Rogers, Executive Director, First 5 Fresno County, who will share a vision for creating an accessible and effective network of quality services
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After a year in the program, 2011 pre- and post-survey results show the majority of youth improve their expectation that they will finish high school, feel better about themselves, do better in school, and have higher self-esteem. This is the power of mentoring! 66% improved their confidence they will finish high school 76% of all Little Brothers and Sisters now state they felt confident
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central California is gearing up for the 25th Anniversary of Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraising campaign. This fun-filled event is our largest national and community-wide fundraiser that takes place in all 5 counties served here in the Central Valley. We’re excited to offer you the opportunity to help kids in your local community. It’s a great chance to meet
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Food Scavenger Hunt January 14th 12-4PM Registration: 11:45 AM Hello Community Members and Bigs, This Saturday, January 14th, Big Brothers Big Sisters will be hosting a Food Scavenger Hunt. The community and Bigs with their Littles are invited to take part in a scavenger hunt around town to seek out different kinds of nonperishable foods and will be awarded points based on the kinds
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Celebrating our 25th anniversary of the event this year, we have special awards planned – and a “Best Costume” award. Our goal this year is $110,000 – an 18% increase from last year so we can serve more kids. Join the fun!
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Thank you to all donors who raised $168,000 by November 17! We were able to keep all of our matches open and active after the sudden elimination of the federal grant.
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Thank you for your overwhelming support! Our Facebook fanbase has grown tremendously because of you. We’re so close to meeting our donor’s challenge of 1,000 fans and we still have 8 more days to go.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and its 371 agencies receive approximately 15 percent of their budget from Federal Government sources. These losses would have a detrimental impact on the numbers of children, volunteers and families we serve.
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