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Announcing the 2019 Defenders of Potential Honorees Kennedy Colon Lauren Lewis  Tiffany Lewis  Gregory Straus Ryan Taughrin Get Your Tickets NOW! Celebrate this year’s incredible honorees at Mentors Who Move the City  on Thursday, May 9, from 5:30-8:30 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens! Tickets are only $40 and include cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a swag bag and an opportunity to network and learn about local businesses. Click here to purchase your tickets! Learn more about this year’s honorees on Mentors Who Move the City Mondays beginning Monday, April 1 by visiting our website or following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.  Each week will feature one of our remarkable honorees. For more information about event sponsorship or vendor opportunities, click here or contact Ashley at agriffin@beafriend.org or (716) 873-5833,…

We are excited to announce that we have a monthly blog on the Good Neighborhood. Based in Buffalo, New York, The Good Neighborhood is all about community. Daily you can get an online dose of good news and information about upcoming events around town that usually have a local cause associated with them. The Big Brothers Big Sisters blog will appear the last Friday of every month and features agency news updates and inspiring stories about our matches. To visit the Good Neighborhood and read our most current blog click here To get minute to minute updates from the Good ‘hood, get social with them at: https://www.facebook.com/thegoodneighborhood

You help make our work possible and we wanted to share our success with you. We hope you will enjoy reading our Annual Report. With the generous support of our community, over 400 children were matched with a Big Brother or Big Sister. Through the caring time commitment of our Bigs, and the generous contributions of Western New Yorkers, these children have been empowered to achieve their current goals and reach for future aspirations. The Annual Report includes: Story about two very special Big Sisters Updates on exciting partnerships Recap of our 2015 events 2015 Financial Statement July 2015 – June 2016 Program Outcomes We hope you enjoy and as always, thank you for joining us in making a BIG difference in the lives of…

We are honored to recognize the following outstanding women who are making a difference in our community as BBBSEC’s 2017 Women Who Move the City Honorees: Cheryl Bird Gwendolyn Bork Lorna MacDonald Czarnota Susan Gastle Danielle Lewis Deborah Tangelder Marilyn Gibson Young Each Wednesday, beginning March 22nd, we will highlight one of our honorees.  Check back here on Women Who Move the City Wednesdays to read a full bios about the work these incredible women are doing!  Join the Celebration!  Women Who Move the City will be held on Wednesday, May 10th at the Hotel Lafayette from 5:30 – 8:30pm.  Attendees will enjoy a unique evening that includes hors d’oeuvres, two-hours of open bar, shopping & information vendors and a swag bag of goodies.  To learn…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County and Media Sponsor, Kiss 98.5 are excited to honor Julie Signorille as our first Women Who Move the City Wednesday Honoree! Julie currently serves on Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County’s Board of Directors and is active in making connections for Big Brothers Big Sisters throughout the community. She is always looking to forge partnerships and seeking opportunities that enhance the quality of mentoring the program provides to children facing adversity. Julie is also a member of the WNY Women’s Foundation Board of Directors and Co-Chair of the Family Sustaining Jobs Committee. This committee strives to reduce barriers to single, female heads of households’ seeking education and employment. A current initiative of the committee includes a partnership…

You can help us raise funds to match children waiting with a Big Brother or Big Sister!  Between now and December 31, help us raise $15,000 to support our one-to-one mentoring programs by giving to one of our BIG Give Fundraisers  or giving to the general BIG Give page. A BIG Thank You for your support!