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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida is pleased to be participating in the 2012 PLAYERS Championship Birdies for Charity program. This unique community-based fundraising initiative is held in conjunction with THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass, May 7-13, 2012.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida Receives $131,250 to Reduce Juvenile Delinquency
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida receives $131,250 as part of The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP) $13.3 million FY2011 investment in Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mentoring programs.
Congratulations to the following raffle prize winners: Tom Williams, Paul Tyler, Linda Cruz, Christina Levine, Dawn Powell, Morgan Blom and Tony Hudspeth.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida Awarded $122,500 for Military Mentoring Program
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida receives $122,500 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP) approximately $3 million investment to expand Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Military Mentoring Program. The program provides one-to-one mentoring services to children of deployed or military parents and also serves members of the armed forces and military veterans.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Urges Adults to Start Something to Help Kids Succeed in and out of School
Last year’s release of the film, Waiting for Superman, was a sobering wake-up call that our nation faces a crisis, which is draining productivity and already limited resources. As we grapple for solutions – more funding for schools, more charter schools, vouchers, better training for principals/teachers, more involvement from parents – research points to something that we know works, at least as part of the solution – quality mentoring.
For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. Most children served by Big Brothers Big Sisters live in single-parent and low-income families, or households where a parent is incarcerated. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”). Providing a system of ongoing evaluation and support, Big Brothers Big Sisters is proven by independent studies to help families by improving the odds that Littles will perform better in school and avoid violence and illegal activities, and have stronger relationships with their parents and others. Headquartered in Philadelphia with a network of nearly 400 agencies across the country, Big Brothers Big Sisters serves a quarter million children annually.
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