Positively changing our Community
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY
This year alone Big Brothers Big Sisters impacted over 400 youth in metro St. John’s. Nationally, over 26,400 youth were served in 1100 communities.
REPUTABLE AND ACCOUNTABLE
Providing life changing mentoring experiences since 1975, Big Brothers Big Sisters was named One of Financial Post’s Top 25 Charities in 2016.
IMPROVING SOCIETY
Every $1 invested in our programming returns between $18-$23 to society through taxes, higher incomes, volunteerism, and charitable donations.
VISION
All young people realize their full potential.
MISSION
To enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people.
STRUCTURE
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is a Federation comprised of 95 member agencies servicing more than 1,100 communities across the country.
ISSUE
Many children and youth in Canada struggle with societal barriers and face adversities in their lives.
IMPACT
Facing prolonged adversity creates toxic stress in the brain that can negatively impact development.
SOLUTION
With the support of a mentor, these risks can be reduced or even avoided, and youth can reach their full potential.
Our Solution
Many children and youth in Canada struggle with societal barriers and face adversities in their lives like detrimental living conditions, family violence, risk factors for mental health, school issues and identity challenges.
These circumstances have nothing to do with the value of who they are or who they can become, but because of these situations, children and youth risk not having the opportunity to live up to their full potential.
Even worse is the possibility of continuing cycles of poverty and crime or developing mental health issues.
This comes at a cost to the young person, and to society.
With the guidance and support of a mentor, these risks can be reduced or even avoided, and youth are reminded they can be anything they dream of being.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is a Federation comprised of 91 member agencies servicing more than 1,100 communities across the country. Together we mobilize over 20,000 volunteers who in turn mentor 23,000+ children and young people. That works out to nearly:
24,000 volunteer hours each year
Big Brothers Big Sisters provides direct service to children by matching volunteers and youths in quality mentoring relationships. Our agency staff members are experts at screening volunteers and matching them with a mentee having similar interests. Each year over 350 dedicated volunteers provide over 24,000 volunteer hours to more than 400 young people in our community.
The national organization provides services and programs to our member agencies to assist them with their work with parents, mentees, and volunteers. Ranging from staff training workshops to our leading Child Safety Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada works diligently to ensure we have superior quality programming in all parts of the country.