BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER MIAMI VALLEY INC
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Mission Statement
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley mentors children in our community towards lifelong success. We match kids primarily from single-parent households with qualified adult volunteers (Bigs). "Bigs" and "Littles" spend a few hours a week together doing normal everyday activities. Their relationships helps the Littles develop better attitudes and stronger character, achieve greater performance in academics, and avoid risky behaviors.
About This Cause
The Mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported 1-to-1 relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Our vision is that all children achieve success in life. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley (BBBSGMV) began in 1958 as a pilot project of the Dayton Jaycee's in which volunteers worked with boys referred from the Juvenile Court. In the 1960’s, the organization expanded its services to boys in need outside the juvenile justice system and became a United Way agency. In the 1970’s, services expanded to girls, the agency was named Big Brothers Big Sisters, and services reached into Preble and Greene Counties. In 2004, services expanded to Miami County. Nationwide, BBBS began in 1904 and, therefore, has over 100 years of leadership in the mentoring field. Locally, BBBSGMV has demonstrated over 50 years of involvement with area youth. Big Brothers Big Sisters strives to help children achieve long-term success in academics, work readiness, and healthy lifestyles through professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships. We achieve this by focusing on three crucial areas in the mentor relationship: a) Strengthening Socio-Emotional Capabilities: building the aspirations and confidence that it takes to connect with a mentor, to form loyalties within one's present and future family, and to form positive peer relationships. b) Educational Success and Work Readiness: helping to change the trajectory for youth who are behind grade level and at-risk of one day dropping out of high school; and/or working with youth to develop career directions and work readiness. c) Avoiding Risky Behaviors and Juvenile Delinquency: working with youth to avoid having contact or repeat contact with the juvenile justice system. Each matched child has a Big Brother or Big Sister carefully selected to be compatible with the Little. We provide mentoring through two core programs: community-based mentoring where matches go on excursions to various places in the community such as museums, parks, restaurants, or libraries, and get involved in activities such as sports, working on homework, having a bite to eat, and getting to know one another through conversations. The second core program is school-based mentoring where volunteers go to the schools of the Little Brothers or Little Sisters during, before or after the school day, to carry out activities including academic help, recreational activities, and conversation. All activities are geared toward building a bond of trust between the Big and the Little, and giving the youth a sense of self appreciation and confidence to believe that he or she is someone special. This bond produces outcomes that put kids on a new path towards success in academics, work preparation, and healthy life styles. Special areas of focus and programs include: African-American Mentoring, mentoring military children, mentoring Teen Foster Youth, and the Amachi Program which provides caring mentors to children coping with parental incarceration.