Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area

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Big Brothers Big Sister's mission is to enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area (BBBS Calgary) empowers mentoring relationships for children and youth between the ages of 6-24 in Calgary, Airdrie, Cochrane, Rocky View, Okotoks and Foothills. We run both community-based and school-based mentorship programs. Our programs are free to everyone, making developmental relationships accessible to all regardless of financial capabilities.

Our agency staff members are experts at recruiting and screening volunteers; making intentional, meaningful matches; and providing the support necessary for mentoring relationships to have a lasting impact. Last year alone, we created and empowered more than 815 mentoring matches for children and youth and more than 780 dedicated volunteers gave over 43,736 hours to young people in our communities in need of additional supportive relationships!

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2023 Giving Opportunities

Building Awareness and Mentoring!
In the true spirit of the Calgary Corporate Challenge Games, sign your company up to have some friendly competition with our newest interactive game – The Mentoring Journey (An Innovative Spin on Snakes and Ladders)!
Did you know, that at a BBBS Mentoring Journey session (an in-person opportunity that will last 45 min to one hour):
- You will learn more about BBBS, the impact of mentoring for youth as well as within your own company and how your support will help find mentors for the over 200 young people waiting for a mentor.
- Audio/visual will be required. All other materials supplied by BBBS.
- We ask for a minimum of 15- 20 employees* who are interested in learning more about BBBS and want to have some fun, friendly and impactful competition.
- We provide a guest host (BBBS staff member) who can answer all your questions and bring the game fun to the session!
- There will even be “hardware” for the winning teams!
COST: There is a cost of $200 per session. This is an investment into a new learning tool (game) in phase two of development and will impact your company teams both personally and professionally. An investment into building mentoring into your company! Payment link will be provided when the date is confirmed.
WHEN: You can book a session by emailing ccc@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca. We do ask that you look to book your session at least two weeks in advance. This opportunity does not have to just take place over the lunch hour; you can schedule for breakfast, afternoon break or even during an existing office event or staff meeting.
*Any company with an employee count of less than 100 in Calgary and Area will not be required to meet this minimum, however higher attendance is encouraged to maximize impact.
Igniting Potential … by Volunteering as a Mentor!
Do you remember that one caring supportive relationship that was there for you when you were younger? We know you can still recall many of the lessons you learned and memories you made. Are you ready to step-up and share that same experience with a young person in Calgary and Area? Be a BIG today!
Have a group of employees who want to make a BIG difference – become a mentoring team! We are looking for mentors or Bigs, and what better way to build team camaraderie than to volunteer in a school or in your community together.
Mentoring experiences for our volunteers include:
- Mentoring in Schools – 1:1 mentoring in a local school with an elementary student (click here to learn more)
- Being A BIG Pen Pal – handwriting letters twice a month with gr 4 students (click here to learn more)
- wee read - be a reading role model for a young person (click here to learn more)
- Mentoring in the Community - 1:1 mentoring exploring the community and new experiences with young people ages 6-24 (click here to learn more)
TIME COMMITMENT: Varies from 1 hour to 3 hours a week
Ready to learn more or have more questions to ask? Click here to connect with our staff who will connect with you within two business days!
Investing and Creating Mentoring Relationships!
When you give to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area, your team is making a statement about how to change our community, one young person at a time. So this year we want you to help us make a really BIG statement…. To reach a fundraising goal of $30,000! Earn a point by helping contribute to our fundraising goal.
Our mentoring relationships are specifically designed to create close connections where young people can discover who they are, develop abilities to shape their own lives, and learn how to engage with and contribute to the world around them – this is what we call a developmental relationship.
BBBS FACT: $3000 is what each Developmental Relationship costs to create, train, support and grow for one year!
BIG News… thanks to the generosity of a matching donor, every dollar raised through CCC this year will be matched. This is an example of the power of community coming together to increase the impact of funds donated to support youth. So that means, every $1500 raised will double and become $3000 to support a new mentoring match!
A minimum of $500 donated per company will earn you this point!
Option 1:
Fundraise a total of $1500. This means, that together with our matching donor, your team will help create, support and strengthen a new mentoring match for a year!
Option 2:
Invite the BBBS Engagement team to attend an event at your company, i.e Stampede pancake breakfast, staff picnic, CCC awareness event etc.; or
Option 3:
Want to get your Communications team involved? Highlight BBBS in your internal newsletter! Our Comms Marketing Specialist will be happy to help with this.
Email us at ccc@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca if you are looking to add a bonus point!
1. As an individual, we ask that you CLICK HERE and make a contribution by credit card. Tax receipts will be issued automatically via e-mail for all online donations over $20. To contribute as a group or company, please CLICK HERE to make a contribution.
2. BBBS is happy to accept donations made through Benevity, simply ensure you add a note in the comment section to indicate your donation is a part of the Charity Challenge. Company Coordinators – please note that BBBS does not receive a donation report from Benevity till part way through the month, as such any donations made during the end of August and month of September should be confirmed by providing BBBS with your internal Benevity Report.
3. To make a contribution by cheque, please mail your cheque along with a current business card to:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area (Attention: Jodi McKay)
5945 Centre St SW Calgary, AB T2H0C2
Please make all cheques payable to “Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area” Memo “Calgary Corporate Challenge”. Tax receipts will be issued manually for all donations over $20, within the month following receipt. Please note that tax receipts will be issued using the name and address per the cheque received.