BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS CHOSEN AS GOLDEN GLOBE® PHILANTHROPIC CAUSE
New 2021 Golden Globe® Ambassador Jackson Lee, son of Spike Lee, selected Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) as the cause he will support during his ambassadorship. BBBSA will receive a grant of $25K. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America was chosen as a charity of choice at as part of the Hollywood Foreign [...]
C2 COMPUTER SERVICES, INC. DONATES LAPTOPS TO CHILDREN IN BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD’S PROGRAM
Due to COVID-19, schools across the country were compelled to shut down and many have shifted to online learning. Thousands of students and teachers in Broward County are faced with the difficult challenge of now having to adapt to this sudden pivot in education. The biggest problem with this change is the difficulty that students, [...]
BIGPRIDE MATCH MOMENT: KATIE AND NIK
Katie is a Little who enrolled in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program after attending her SunServe youth group in July and hearing about the BIGPride mentoring program. They were eager to have a mentor as they recently lost their mom and have been navigating who they are and trying to find someone to support, [...]
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD: SERVING KIDS FOR 46 YEARS
As Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward commemorates its 46th anniversary, we celebrate the 27,000 Little Brothers and Little Sisters who have been positively impacted through one-to-one, professionally supported mentoring relationships. We’re so thankful and proud of our volunteer mentors – our Bigs – who have served so diligently to ignite the power and potential [...]
BROWARD BIGGER BETTER STRONGER: CELEBRATING MENTORSHIP
Opinion Piece by: Chad Van Horn, Esq., Board Chair, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County As we commemorate Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Month this September, we celebrate the 30,000+ mentors who have given their time to change the lives of young people in Broward County. The impact of a Big Brother or Big [...]
THE GREAT AMERICAN PARADOX: REALITY, RACE, RELATIONSHIPS AND RESOURCES BY LOCAL BBBS CEOS IN CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS AMERICA
On May 25th, our nation and the rest of the world witnessed yet another unarmed Black person being killed by law enforcement - the unlawful killing of George Floyd. This followed the tragic deaths of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery just weeks ago. The result has been unyielding protests around the globe that exemplify an [...]
