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Your contribution to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Florida means that fewer children in your neighborhood will drop out of school, enter the juvenile justice system, or become involved in drugs, alcohol, or gang activity. Instead, more of those neighborhood kids will get better grades in school, discover their talents and abilities, develop goals for their future, make positive life choices, and pursue higher education.
The average cost to support one Big Brothers Big Sisters match is $1,000 per year. This money goes towards providing a child with a mentor who will help prevent them from entering the juvenile justice system which costs on average $40,000 per child per year.
Each donation goes directly toward matching a child in your community with a positive role model. Your donation allows the Big Brothers Big Sisters program to serve your community by employing staff who:
- Provide crucial training to the volunteers, parents, and children. This contributes to the success of the match and also increases child safety.
- Recruit new volunteers to become Big Brothers or Big Sisters that change the life of a child.
- Interview, run background checks, check references, and visit the homes of potential volunteers.
- Get to know children and families through an interview process in order to identify the best possible match for a child.
- Carefully match volunteers with children to establish a one-to-one mentoring relationship that will be positive and long-lasting.
- Supervise the match by communicating with Bigs, Littles, and parents on a frequent and consistent basis. This communication nurtures a positive, safe and lasting relationship between the volunteer and the child and also increases child safety.
