It all starts with a strong partnership between the parent, mentor and BBBS.  As a parent, you are active participants in the match process within our organization.  You are engaged from the beginning of the process and are equal partners in insuring that the match involving your child is safe, consistent, and high impact. 

For over 35 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has recruited, screened, matched and supported mentoring relationships that have changed the lives of thousands of young people in our community.

You’ll feel and see the impact as much as your child. 

As you'll see, our process is thorough and effective at matching a compatible adult mentor with your child.  The boundaries and guidelines for our program clearly define expectations and conduct of the mentor, parent and child throughout the match process.  We also allocate significant resources to provide your child with fun and unique experiences as well as resources to help them achieve academic, social and economic success.  Partnerships with the Y, Botanical Center, Putnam Museum, and Figge Art Museum provide memberships to every match in our program.  We also have unique partnership through HavLife that provide financial resources and scholarships for sports, art and music interests of your child.  We also have relationships with Camp Shalom and Camp Abe Lincoln for summer camp and day camp opportunities for our littles!