High School Volunteers of Big Brothers Big Sisters are matched to children at participating Elementary schools. Meeting for one hour a week, at the elementary school, from October to March. On-site support is provided. Matches spend quality one-to-one time together having fun and enriching their lives. All activities and supplies are provided and planned by our Big Brother Big Sisters Lethbridge Caseworkers and are at no cost to the participants.
Our goal is to provide leadership in understanding healthy living choices through example, as well as creating quality, once in a lifetime friendships and experiences.
Here are some of the responses we received from the Teen Mentoring program from the Bigs and Littles
Question: How to you feel about your Mentor? (Asked to Littles)
Answers:
“He’s pretty cool”“She’s nice and talented”
“Awesome. He’s amazing”
“I think she’s real nice. She’s not cool, she’s awesome”
“She’s nice and pretty and kind and cool and awesome”
Question: What kind of impart do you feel you made on your Mentee? (Asked to Bigs)
Answers:
“She became less shy and wanted to do more by the end. I helped her try new things”“He seems very excited when we meet every Thursday. He seems to be a bit more relaxed now.”
“I believe I was a good role model. He had fun when he was there. I connected with him the best I could I think we all opened up to each other. He trusted us Bigs and had fun.”
“I think I helped her to see more positive things ex. When we first met she would always say that her day was okay, but nothing good happened. Now she picks at least one thing that she enjoyed like drawing a picture.”
Question: Do you feel that you and your Mentee benefitted from this program? (Asked to Bigs)
Answers:
“Yes…we both opened up…Enjoyed the experience! We both let go of our day, and just enjoyed our day together.”
“I feel more complete as a person and I thing Ryan had made friends with me and others in the program.”
“Bonding and have consistency as much as possible.”
“I benefitted from it. I learned new skills on how to handle matters dealing with younger kids and others around them.”