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BBBSOLA provides mentoring services to over 1300 young people in London & Middlesex, including one-to-one mentoing (the Big Brother and Big Sister programs), school based mentoring, group mentoring and more.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria serves more than 600 children and youth each year in the Greater Victoria region. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria positively affects our community by providing mentoring programs for children and youth, which enhance their sense of belonging, self-worth, resiliency and capacity to make healthy, well-informed choices. All of the children and youth in our programs need a friend, some a role-model and champion, others require assistance with learning or social issues, and others live in households where family members are challenged by isolation, poverty, or health or addiction issues. We envision a future when we are able to provide a sustainable, quality mentoring experience for every child or youth who expresses a desire to have a mentor because we know that the power of mentorship has a positive impact that lasts for a lifetime.

Who kindled your imagination? Who stimulated your creativity? Who made you feel special? Each day, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area empowers children to pursue their dreams. Through our community based, traditional Big Brother/Big Sister/Big Couple programs, our site-based In-School Mentoring program, our Between Generations seniors program, our Teen In-School Mentoring Program, and our Recreation mentoring program, we offer children in Calgary the opportunity to reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships. A mentor can change a child's life forever. We welcome donations of any amount. Your support helps pay for: - Volunteer mentor recruitment, orientation, training, support and recognition - Events for our mentors and their matches, as well as for our families and children waiting to be matched - Support services for our families - Supplies and activity boxes for our In-school programs

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hamilton & Burlington provide quality mentoring relationships between adult volunteers and children at risk. Research clearly indicates that developing greater self-esteem in children, while building a strong relationship with a mentor, offers a recipe for improved social behavior and reduces agression and conduct disorders. Through the support of our donors we now provide several programs that have a direct impact on the well being and future of children within our community.

Over 30 years of matching children with volunteer mentors in Wood Buffalo. Programs include Big Brother matches, Big Sister matches, Couples Matches, In- School Mentoring and Full Circle Mentoring, an Aboriginal based program. To date have served over 3,500 children and youth. We believe in providing opportunites for the development of self-confidence and awareness. We believe that instilling personal productivity benefits the community and self. We believe in respect for all. We believe commitment is crucial in the wefalre of children and youth.

We can all cast our minds back through time to identify the person who made a difference for us just when we needed it most. Often those relationships were with adults who were part of our lives through family, community or school connections. Big Brothers/Big Sisters of St.Thomas-Elgin has taken those informal mentoring relationships and structured a process to engineer similar outcomes. We believe our volunteers who are matched within our community based mentoring programs and our volunteers matched within our school based mentoring programs are making a difference in the lives of the children and youth they mentor.

We believe every child should have the opportunity to reach his or her full potential, both as individuals and citizens –that by doing so, they will not only do well, they will also do good. Serving as role models, our mentors teach by example the importance of giving and giving back, of staying in school, and of having respect for family, peers and community. Each time we pair a child with a mentor or introduce a group of students to an in-school program, we start something incredible – a life-changing relationship built on friendship, trust and empowerment. Witnessing the transformation of a child into a confident, concerned and motivated young person is a remarkable thing. Ushering them into adulthood, seeing them grow into a successful, responsible member of their community and society at large is even more satisfying. We are Big Brothers Big Sisters and we believe in the value and values of mentoring.

Mentoring is about the power of friendship. The volunteers and young people in our programs experience the magic of everyday moments when they are shared with a friend. Everyone needs someone to laugh with, share a dream with, and just hang out... with friends it's the little things that mean the most.

We find and match volunteer mentors with children, between the ages of 6-16. Children who are matched with a mentor are less likely to participate in drugs and alcohol and less likely drop out of school. They are more likely to complete high school and go to post secondary school, as well they have better relationships with their peers and other adults.