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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.

Teen Talk App is a free and non-sectarian program of Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles. Teen Talk App provides a free, anonymous, safe space for teens to request support from trained peers who are supervised by licensed clinicians. Teen Talk App creates a positive space for teens who are looking for support, to vent or to find others going through similar experiences. Research indicates that improved engagement and connection with peers increases protective factors known to decrease serious mental health crisis in young people. The positive interaction teens have on the Teen Talk App with a peer is often the first step towards seeking help. The app is available to teens worldwide and accessible through both the iOS and Android platform.

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.

Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported 1-to-1 relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth

Our Mission is to ensure all children achieve success in life. Our Vision is to provide children facing adversity with strong, enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

We help children build their futures by empowering them to realize their own potential. Our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth

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.