Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook is a non-profit organization and registered charity in operation in Cranbrook since 1977. We began with one program matching “Little Brothers” with “Big Brothers” and have grown to include a variety of community and school based programs both one-to-one and in groups. Our priority remains one-to-one mentoring relationships for boys and girls ages six to sixteen.

In 1990, we expanded our services to begin providing services for girls as well as boys. The Big Sisters program is for adult women to be matched with a “Little Sister”. As times have changed our programs continue to grow and to meet the needs of our community. We have also grown to support the Couples for Kids program, in 2001, where a husband and wife team is matched with a child. We have also grown through our In School Mentoring, started in 2001, program, a mentor based program that works in the school system. There has been an increasing need for group programs in our services, so in 2009 we began to run Go Girls, aimed at girls 11 – 14 with young women volunteers on a shorter timeline for volunteering.

We're proud of our achievements and continue to strive to be on the leading edge of the Big Brothers Big Sisters movement in Canada.