Help & Hope For Kids Aging Out Of Foster Care
Mentoring Matters: Help & Hope For Kids Aging Out Of Foster Care MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Angela Pomaski has a gift for art. “I’ve always kind of liked art,” she said. “I think my first words were something about music.” Art has helped her through childhood and teen years that have at times been difficult. [...]
The Jim Moran Foundation Invests in Resolving the Wait Times for Children Needing Mentors
The Jim Moran Foundation has committed to helping resolve the long wait times for children and teens to be paired with mentors by supporting End The Wait, a Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County program. The Foundation will invest $250,000 in the program through a two-year grant with a goal of bringing in a [...]
New Local Scholarship Fund Geared To Low-Income College Students
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Opening the door to higher education a bit wider for some economically disadvantaged Broward teens, BankUnited and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward, Inc. (BBBS) are creating the first-ever scholarship program geared for high school students enrolled in the organization’s Broward mentoring program. Traci Miller, founder and chair of BBBS’ Women [...]
Big Brothers Big Sisters awarded “Doyle Award for Nonprofit Excellence”
The Sun Sentinel, in partnership with The Doyle Foundation, awarded Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward the Doyle Award for Nonprofit Excellence.
Big Brothers Big Sisters Receives $188,000
Commemorating what would have been automotive pioneer and philanthropist Jim Moran’s 94th birthday on August 8th, The Jim Moran Foundation awarded two grants for $94,000 each to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida. The funding will benefit Bigs in Schools, a program that matches caring adult mentors with youth (ages 6-18) to improve their academics and opportunities for long-term success.
New Data Shows Mentoring as a Proven Tool to Help Combat Challenges for Disconnected Youth
The second annual National Mentoring Summit, hosted by MENTOR, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Harvard School of Public Health, The Office of Juvenile and Justice Prevention and United Way Worldwide, on January 24, provided the backdrop for outstanding data linking mentoring to positive academic, socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes for youth who face adversity.
