Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County
Franklin & Marshall College has partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County and the School District of Lancaster to develop an innovative mentoring program. Members of the campus and local community are paired with students from Reynolds Middle School in order to build friendships and share fun times together.
Each match, consisting of a "Little" and one a "Big," meets two or three times a month to participate in a variety of academic and social activities. Participants decide when to meet and what they will do together. Activities can include watching movies, making dinner together, doing homework, and playing sports. Other popular activites in the past have been hanging out on F&M’s campus, going to the park, and exploring downtown Lancaster. Relationships build with consisten time spent together, so the emphasis is on the fun, quality time, not money spent.
This partnership draws on over 100-year history of Big Brothers Big Sisters as America's premier mentoring program model, as well as the local agency's 40 years of experience serving kids in Lancaster County. The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to serve Lancaster County children by offering opportunities for professionally supported One-to-One® mentoring relationships with qualified volunteers. Each relationship will assist the Little Brother or Sister to become a confident, competent, and caring individual.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please visit the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County web site or contact Rachel Sipe, the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Mentoring Caseworker at the Ware Institute for Civic Engagement on the second floor of the Steinman College Center, room 208.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County
630 Janet Avenue
Lancaster, PA 717-397-7567
BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS EVENTS
For more information about these events please contact Rachel Sipe or Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County at 717-397-7567
September 12-13- Camping trip for Community Based matches at Outdoor World.
October 17- (Tentative) Gnome Countryside trip for CB matches
October 19- Tentative start date for Carter MacRae after school program
October 20- Tentative start date for Buchanan after school program
October 22- BBBS Open House 5-7pm (open to all current matches, interested community members, etc)
October 31- Dodgeball tournament (fundraiser held at JP McCaskey)
January 9, 2010- Men Cooking From the Heart 6-9pm at Liberty Place
April 16, 17, 2010- Art/Photo project exhibition in Elizabethtown (more details to follow)
F&M Office Location: (limited hours: usually Wednesday and Thursday afternoons 1-5 pm)
The Ware Institute for Civic Engagement
Steinman College Center, Room 208
Phone: 358-4641
Turn RIGHT onto Harrisburg Pike toward Lancaster city
Harrisburg Pike becomes W. James Street
Turn LEFT onto N. Queen Street
Turn RIGHT onto E. Liberty Street
Keep LEFT at the fork to continue on E. Liberty St.
Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto Lititz Avenue
Turn RIGHT onto Marshall Avenue
Turn RIGHT to stay on Marshall Avenue
Turn LEFT onto Janet Avenue
Total Distance: 2.29 miles
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