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Thanks to our Community Supporters (January)

 
 
Thanks to the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County for funding our Mentoring Training Program, which provides uniform, scheduled, high quality training to volunteer mentors.
 
 
 

Thanks to Florida 21st Century Community Learning Centers for providing us with a grant to mentor 24 children in our site-based mentoring program. Big Brothers Big Sisters is proud to partner with the Boys and Girls Clubs (site partner) and the Children’s Board (lead agency)in this innovative afterschool program that serves 250 Title I elementary school children each year. 

 
 

Thanks to Pasco County Government for funding community-based mentoring in Pasco County, as recommended by the United Way of Pasco County's Community and Partnership Development Committee Investment Review Team.

 

Thanks to Badcock Home Furniture & More for donating $250 to Golf for Kids' Sake.

 

Thanks to Publix Super Markets Charities, Tampa Bay Rays and Pin Chasers for sponsoring our 31st Annual Bowl for Kids' Sake.

Thanks to our Community Supporters (December)

  

Thanks to Willow Oak Baptist Church, the Jaycees, Jesuit High School students,Junior League of Tampa, Suncoast Key Club, Toys for Tots West Pasco, Susies Too Restaurant, Macy's at Wiregrass, the Plant City American Legion Post,and the Guzman Law Group, who all helped make the holidays brighter for our Littles and their families.

 

Thanks to the United Way of Tampa Bay for its ongoing support of our mentoring programs.

Thank you to the Department of Juvenile Justice as it continues to support two successful prevention programs serving at-risk youth: our Mentoring Alternative Perspectives Program (MAPP) and New Directions.

Thanks to the Conn Memorial Foundation for funding Transitions to Success, a mentoring program aimed at Sulphur Springs Elementary graduates as they transition to middle school.

 

Thank you to the Children's Board for matching the funding that we get from DJJ and the Conn Memorial Foundation to help support our targeted mentoring programs.

 

Thanks to the Florida Department of Education for helping fund our Bigs in Schools and Sites program.

 

Thanks to our Community Supporters (November)

 

 

The Verizon Foundation awarded Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay a $15,000 grant to support our DOVE program, which provides mentors to children who have witnessed or been the victims of domestic violence and also trains volunteers in domestic violence issues. This is the third year that Verizon Foundation has supported this very important program.

 

During the Macy's Thanks for Sharing promotion, Macy's stores in Florida raised more than $300,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters! Our agency will get a portion of that, based on the number of participating shoppers in Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk Counties. 

Thanks to the Community Foundation of Greater Sun City Center Hadley and Helen Hill Fund for providing us with a grant of $3,505 to be used to present an informational luncheon at Sun City Center. We look forward to letting Sun City Center residents know more about Big Brothers Big Sisters. 

 

Just as the weather started cooling down, The Junior League of Tampa brought us a bunch of coats and sweaters they had collected to keep our Littles warm through the winter.And they'll be helping us with one of our holiday parties, too. Thanks to The Junior League for making us its Treasures for Tampa recipient and for the many things they do to help kids in our community. 

Thank you to David Gavin Salon in South Tampa for inviting staff and volunteers to be hair models--which really means getting free haircuts! 

 

 

Thank you to Florida Wellness & Rehab for making us one of the beneficiaries of its First Annual Tampa Health & Wellness Expo in downtown Tampa.  

A New Tradition at Blake High School: Blake-A-Boo

On October 26, the Student Government Association of Blake High School launched Blake-A-Boo--their own fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay. Community members, students and Bigs and Littles showed up for trick-or-treating, face painting, dancing and a "Haunted Hall." They raised $500 and had a great time doing it! Many of Blake's students are also Bigs who mentor kids at Just Elementary. Though they are young, they are committed and enthusiastic about mentoring children in need of guidance and friendship.                         

 

Thanks to our Community Supporters (October)

 

Thanks to The CarMax Foundation for providing us with a $10,000 grant to support our Bigs in Schools and Sites mentoring programs in Pasco County.

 

Thank you to Wells Fargo for providing us with a $15,000 grant to support our Bigs in Schools and Sites mentoring programs in Polk and Pasco Counties.

  

Thanks to Walmart store #1501 for making a donation to our agency.  

We appreciate the ongoing support of the Bailey Family Foundation, who gave us a grant for $20,000 to support our mentoring programs. 

Thanks to the Helios Education Foundation for supporting Sports Buddies, which encourages mentors to share their passion for playing and watching sports with a Little. 

Thank you to Christian Business Connections for donating $250 to support our agency.
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