The Community-Based program pairs children in one to one relationships with caring adult volunteers like you! Being a Big Brother or Big Sister or Big Couple is one of the most rewarding and enjoyable things you will ever do. Meeting just 2-4 times a month can change a young person’s life. In the Community-Based program, you…
Become a site-based Big by joining our mentoring program where you interact with a student from local elementary schools once a week! You will start your time together with a snack or lunch and socializing. After everyone arrives you will help with homework and academic tutoring. The rest of your time together is filled with organized, fun activities…
Work one-on-one with one of our LAUNCH participants on all aspects of their business.
When you’re a Reading Buddy, you help bring books to life for our Club members. Once you’re in the Club you are partnered with your Reading Buddy. You greet your Club member and get to know them. Together, you will select books and be given a small reading passage. After reading for twenty minutes, you…
A CYC mentor is a positive adult advocate in the life of a vulnerable student. As a college mentor, CYC matches you with an incoming college freshman to provide academic and personal support and encourage a successful first year. This is a one-year commitment and is done via an online platform. CYC mentors keep students in…
The kids at Boys and Girls Clubs always look forward to visits from our Homework Helpers! When you are a Homework Helper, you walk through the Blue Doors of BGCGC and are greeted by the front desk attendant. After signing in to the front desk you will be taken to the room with the age…
When you are a Site-Based Big Brother or Big Sister, you experience a supervised visitation with your Little at his/her school or Boys and Girls Club in which we have a partnership. No outside activity is permitted. We offer Lunch Buddies, School Day options or After School, depending upon the site.
For just a few hours, a couple times a month you can give a Little Brother or Sister the invaluable gift of your friendship. By simply changing his or her perspective of what the world can offer, you can literally start changing his or her life. Play a board game. Make fun crafts. Hit the playground…
When you are part of our Confidante Care program, you provide one-to-one support for our Petals, the teen parents who are enrolled in our program. Your support is vital to a Petal’s success as you will be a listening ear, calm voice and a leader in the Petal’s life until that Petal masters self-leadership. Your…