2020 Annual Report
The 2020 Annual Report summarizes an unprecedented year for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Michigan.
200 Youth Receive Free Backpacks at Back-to-School Drive Thru
This Wednesday, 200 Littles and their siblings got backpacks and school supplies to start the year off right at our 2020 Back to School Celebration Drive Thru. The event looked...
Meet Emmett: 2020 Big of the Year
High School Big Brother, Emmett, never imagined how big of a difference playing a game of checkers would make for his Little Brother, Charles. After two years of doing just...
Hub ONE: A Case Study
Big Brothers Big Sisters is proud to have embarked on an organizational collaboration in the local non-profit sector, called Hub ONE, which was featured in a recent Kalamazoo Public Library ONEplace webinar. To learn more about the initiative...
Partner Spotlight: Stryker Bigs in Business
Next Stop, Mentoring: A Journey on the Roadmap of Life Since 2014, the Stryker Bigs in Business program has provided Kalamazoo Central High School students with opportunities to connect with...
Lasting Impact: A Little’s Big Future
Nelson Ramos is a grad student at Davenport University pursuing his MBA. Self-described as ambitious and outgoing, Nelson attributes those strengths to the constant encouragement of his former, but forever,...
COVID-19 IMPACT: SARAH AND ANGEL’S STORY
Last week, one of our Match Support Specialists fielded a call from Big Sister Sarah. Her Little Sister Angel has been “super hungry” and has been regularly asking Sarah to...
Mentoring: A Way of Life
Chris Fay has a lot to be smiling about. He just landed a new job at DTE Energy, his wife, Renee, is running a newly successful chiropractic practice in the...
Bee-ing Together
Things got really interesting for Big Brother Chris and Little Brother Mark when Mark called Chris one night and said, “Chris, you know what would be cool? We should keep...
Big and Little are not just horsing around
Horses, dogs, and talking – lots of talking – led to a friendship so strong that one friend says to the other, “You’re stuck with me.” A love for animals...
‘I could never not be her Big Sister’
Big of the Year is dedicated to friendship for the long-term In November 2011, Beth Hendrickson was introduced to 6-year-old Akasha. The quiet first grader and Hendrickson began a Bigs...