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This article was featured on the front page of the Quad City Times on Thursday, May 14, 2009. This is one of the many wonderful stories from our community-based matches!
Q-C kids gain a friend in Big Brothers Big Sisters
Adam Witcraft, left, of Bettendorf throws a rock into the Mississippi River off the docks Tuesday at the Go Fish Bar and Grill in Princeton, Iowa, as Paul Seelau of Eldridge, Iowa, his Big Brother in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, watches.
On Friday, May 1st, Big Brothers Big Sisters board leader Good Morning America Reporter/Anchor Kate Snow delivered an incredibly powerful match impact story. She interviewed Chester Ross and David Loughran of White Plains NY, matched in 1979 when Chester was 65 and David was seven. It is a story that has been picked up by the Associated Press and is appearing in newspapers across the country.
Congressman Hare pays a visit to girl who made him a special gift
Congressman Phil Hare visited a "Little" in Big Brothers Big Sisters school-based mentoring program at Horace Mann Elementary in Rock Island on Thursday, April 9.
The little girl is matched with Deb Petersen, a local community leader from Moline. Petersen recently presented Congressman Hare a gift from the girl during a meeting to discuss Big Brothers Big Sisters' implementation of the U.S. Department of Education School-based Mentoring Grant.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is in year two of the three year federal grant intended to expand mentoring opportunities to more area schools. Big Brothers Big Sisters has opened seven new mentoring programs in area schools impacting a total of 150 children.
Congressman Hare met with the girl and learned from school representatives about the impact mentoring has had on academic achievement and social development of children.
Three locations in the Quad Cities raise $2,175 for one-to-one mentoring
Employees of Jewel-Osco Stores in Silvis, Moline and East Moline have raised $2,175 for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
On Tuesday, March 24, at 5:30 p.m., store managers Randy Baugh, Jeff Hopkins and Rich Druhl presented the check to Big Brothers Big Sisters during their site-based program at St. Ambrose University.
Employees of the three stores raised the money through various events. They held 50/50 raffles, bake sales, a luncheon and a bowling event. The employees also donated items from their homes and had a silent auction.
