Latest Big News with 2013 Financial Report

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Screen shot 2014-12-15 at 1.09.21 PMFriends, we hope you will enjoy our latest Special Edition of the Big News containing our 2013 Financial Report.
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Also featured are updates on this year’s fundraising events, information about new partnerships and a list of our matches reaching anniversary milestones in their friendships.

This edition’s cover photo & match highlight shares the special friendship between Big Sister Kayleigh and Little Sister Crystal. Big Sister Kayleigh shared,“Becoming a Big, you not only have the opportunity to change a child’s life, but watch them change yours. I have grown so much as a person in the last 3 years and a lot of that has to do with Crystal.”

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