Big Brothers Big Sisters Southern Lake Michigan Region

The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Lake Michigan Region (BBBS-SLM) focuses on one-to-one, community based mentoring relationships, which help youth in the program develop confidence, competency and caring.

The purpose of the agency in the relationship is to provide support and guidelines to the people involved in each match. This is done by the Match Support Specialist over the length of the match. The Match Support Specialist and other agency program staff (including Enrollment Specialist, Customer Relations Specialist, etc.) are involved in the match in many ways, including: the recruitment, interview, and overall intake of new volunteers and youth; matching Bigs and Littles; and offering support, guidance, and supervision to the volunteer, youth, and parents.