Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Northwest Georgia Mountains, Inc.

TheBig Brother programbegan in Whitfield and Murray Counties in September of 1969 serving local boys with adult male mentors. In the mid 1970s the program began matching girls with Big Sisters and became known as Big Brothers Big Sisters. Today, the agencyserves over 300 children annually with mentors through the Big Brothers Big Sisters community based program and the school/site based Buddy Program.

Big Brothers Big Sisters partners with individual donors, foundations, corporations, governments, and others to build the critical network of support that funds and enables the work of carefully matching children with caring adult mentors and providing ongoing support to the child, volunteer mentor and childs family.

Professionally trained Big Brothers Big Sisters staff members work with our partners in the education and juvenile justice communities to find children facing adversity and assess how our programs can have the greatest impact. Big Brothers Big Sisters targets the children who need us most, including those living in single parent homes, growing up in poverty and coping with parental incarceration.

Research proves that children enrolled in Big Brothers Big Sisters programs are more likely to improve in school and in their relationships with family and friends, and less likely to skip school or use illegal drugs or alcohol.