I lost my father at a very young age when he had a sudden heart attack and passed away in 1969, just before my first birthday. That left my mother to raise me and my older brother, who is two years older than me. After a couple years, my mother moved us to Fort Lauderdale, [...]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County awarded $434,000 in scholarships to 71 high school graduates who are participants in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County mentoring program at its second annual BIG Futures Scholars Celebration. BIG Futures is a college and career readiness initiative designed to equip youth for post-secondary success through [...]

Board Chair Guillermo ‘Willy’ Gomez takes the Outstanding Board Member Award, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward wins a Platinum Award for top-quality programing   Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County Board Chair Guillermo “Willy” Gomez won the prestigious Clifford P. Norman Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, recognizing his successful efforts [...]

Marlene Williams, a retired Xerox International executive who was the first Black woman to be named to Vice President of Graphic Arts in the Southeastern United States overseeing the U.S and Canada, has been elected as board chair of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County for a 2-year term. Williams, the first Black woman [...]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward’s Swing for Kids’ Sake golf tournament presented by Ana G. Méndez University and BMW of Pembroke Pines raised $106,763 to support the nonprofit and its mission of igniting the power and promise of youth through one-to-one mentoring relationships.  The tournament, chaired by Big Brothers Big Sisters longtime board member [...]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County celebrated its 2024 Bigs of the Year – Big Brother of the Year Albert Leftwich, Big Sister of the Year Judy Frum, High School Big Brother of the Year Sebastian Fidelia, High School Big Sister of the Year Nelli Sacca, and Corporate Partner of the Year JM Family [...]