For several years, the Foundation for Youth has been bringing caring mentors in the lives of children through their program in Big Brothers, Big Sisters (BBBS). We were honored to be part of this and together with the JLs, we offered our service in spreading out the word and helping Laura Moses find more potential "Bigs". Both teams met up with her one morning at Starbucks and discussed that a mass email be sent out to fellow Amazing Racers, hoping that from there, that chain would continue to pass on from person to person.Believing that our knowledge of program is very limited, the Tri-TANs decided to pass by Foundation for Youth a few weeks later to ask more questions and dig deeper. We thought that we became a representation for BBBS and CYP as well once that email was sent out and having said that, we wanted to be able to explain to people interested what it is really all about.
We sat with Laura for almost 2 hours while she explained and gave examples of stories of the Bigs and their Littles. There is really a surplus of Littles right now, while a shortage of the Bigs. At the moment, there are still more than a hundred Littles "on the deck" (what they referred to children still unmatched). This
is why Laura has been very adamantly working on ways to recruit more Bigs. The planning for a recruitment meeting is currently underway, and the Damsels have volunteered to be one of the main organizers for the event. The Tri-TANs will definitely be helping out as well. Jonathan has started getting hold of the hospital and hopefully pretty soon, a mass email can also be sent out in their intranet system. Below is a sample of the invitation. We hope that everyone would take time out to see what this is all about and who knows, maybe for all you know, you can be that Big that make all the difference in a child's life.
For additional information, you can email Laura Moses at laura@foundationforyouth.com or visit the FFY website at http://www.foundationforyouth.com/history.php.
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