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Across Two Generations: A Look at Mentoring’s Long-Term Positive Impact
It’s often said that a mentor makes a long-term positive impact on the life of a child. For former Little Brother Anson Wilkinson, however, this impact has influenced not only his own life. Its [...]
Ice Ball 2018 An Unprecedented Success For Our Kids!
It was the coolest event on one of the hottest nights in Austin as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas’ 14th annual Ice Ball gala exceeded all expectations. A record-breaking $850,000+ was [...]
Breaking the Ice with Your Little: Suggestions from a Long-Time Match
“I was pretty nervous,” says Big Sister Kathy Garin about her first meeting with 15-year-old Little Sister Rachelle three years ago. “I was looking for a way to break the ice.” Kathy’s confidence [...]
Double the Impact – The Veliz Sisters
Being Little Sisters is twice as much fun for Alicia and Raquel. As siblings who are both BBBS Littles, they have twice the Bigs, twice the outings, twice the BBBS scholarship funds, and twice [...]
Trevlyn and Briana
It was exactly as they expected. Big Sister Tevlyn and Little Sister Briana both knew what they wanted when they were first matched. Six years later, their friendship still lives up to their [...]
Amplify Your Support for BBBS: Rain & Elissa
Amplify Austin is Almost Here – Your Gift Today Can Change A Child’s Life For the Better, Forever! Amplify Austin is a 24-hour day of community-wide online giving, and Big Brothers [...]
Finding Joy
Joyful. That’s the word used to describe the match between Big Brother Denver and his Little Brother Juan. What started as an encounter between an adult and a somber, shy child has become a [...]
BBBS’ 2018 Bigs of the Year
“An experienced and trusted adviser, someone who gives a younger or less experienced person help and advice over a period of time” – that is the dictionary definition of a mentor. But at [...]
Ellen and Montse: A Transformational Year
Over the past twelve months we’ve shared stories of some of the matches your support has made possible. As 2017 comes to a close, we followed up with one of these matches to learn more about [...]
