Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County, Inc.

Agency Details:

Our mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of children by promoting their self-esteem, expanding their awareness of life's opportunities, and providing them with guidance and support through long-term, one-to-one mentoring with caring adults.

Description:
Our goal is to extend the BBBS-Mercer reach deeper into our community so that we can provide a mentor for every child who needs and wants one.

We serve our community's most vulnerable youth from ages 6-14. Children can remain in our program until age 18.

Volunteer mentors & children may participate in one of the following programs:

TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED:
Volunteers (Bigs) provide Littles with one-on-one time and attention in their communities, typically two to four times a month. During these unstructured outings, Bigs provide opportunities for Littles to enjoy the companionship of a caring adult outside of the home and school in various sporting, cultural, educational and other activities.

SCHOOL-BASED:
School-based mentoring is a way for busy individuals to volunteer and for companies to give back to the community. In the school-based program, companies typically allow their employees to volunteer one hour of their work week during the academic school year, by providing Littles with one-on-one time and attention in their school. (These include our High School & College based programs)

History:
For over 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has worked to improve the general health, lives and futures of thousands of underserved children.

Contact people:

Denise Ratti, Customer Relations Specialist, (phone), (email)
Nancy Cox, Case Manager/Recruiter, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: 609-656-1122

Address:

535 East Franklin Street
Trenton, NJ 08610
(See a map)

Web Site: http://www.bbbsmercer.org

Last updated on January 5, 2010

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