Meet Big Brother Avery
Avery Green, our Special Events Coordinator and new Big Brother, shared his story with our team this month in celebration of his new match and our Big Pride Mentoring Program....
Mentoring and Making the Grade
Upon request by Big Brothers Big Sisters staff, Little Sister Angel “graded” her Big. Angel gives her Big an enthusiastic A+. Angel and her Big Sister Savanah were only matched...
Sparking Creativity in Challenging Times
Right now, youth are faced with unprecedented challenges and acting on information overload. Tanya Holtz, a Big Sister at Schupan, is finding meaningful ways to escape with her Little Sister...
Our First Virtual Match Meeting
A match meeting takes place to introduce a Little to their Big for the first time. The Big, the Little, the Little’s caregiver, and their Big Brothers Big Sisters Match...
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...
‘Being a Big grows your heart’
Mentors age 50+ share their motivations for volunteering Big Sister Sandy Conroy Matched with Hailey since November 2009 Why did you become a Big? In my mid-40s, I was an empty...
Big Sister Kyra Smith receives special honor
Big Sister Kyra Smith was recently honored by YWCA Kalamazoo as a Young Woman of Achievement for her volunteer work as a Big Sister and with Western Michigan University. Kyra...