Stand with us today! We need mentors now more than ever.
Join us for volunteer information sessions every Tuesday at noon to learn more about our agency and the volunteer opportunities we offer. Video chat or call in to find out how you or someone you know can be a Mentor, Big Brother, or Big Sister to a child that needs you.
To register, please contact:
Ashlee Peck
Volunteer Enrollment Coordinator
Phone: (716) 873-5833 ext. 244
Email: apeck@beafriend.org
We received a surprise, one-time gift of $20,000 from the General Mills Foundation in honor of General Mills’ 150th Anniversary. The company invited employees worldwide to nominate nonprofits in their local communities for the one-time gift. BBBSEC’s relationship with General Mills has grown over the last several years to include both support from the company’s foundation for BBBSEC’s Site Based Mentoring Program and increased employee engagement. Throughout the year, employees from General Mills have volunteered time with BBBSEC’s Site Based Mentoring Program and Future Littles Waiting List Program to provide fun, hands on activities related to healthy living and engineering. A BIG thanks General Mills for all of the ways they support us!!!
Kayaking 101 Guided private & group tours Instructions & Equipment included Beginners encouraged and welcome All tours are led by an experienced adult who is CPR and First Aid certified. Destinations include the Buffalo and Allegany Rivers and their tributaries. Go to www.wildbuffalotours.com or call 716-796-5433 for more information and to make a reservation
Tifft Nature Preserve is a 264-acre nature refuge dedicated to conservation and environmental education. Tifft is hosting many events that you and your Little can enjoy this summer! Please check out our events calendar for one-time special events, and check out the ongoing events below: Wellness Walks: Every Thursday at 10AM Trek Tifft: Every Sunday at 2PM Tifft Nature preserve is located off of Fuhrman Blvd in Buffalo. Science of our City: Health Sciences in WNY: Every Tuesday 3-6PM at Canalside (44 Prime Street, Buffalo)Coinciding with Body Worlds Vital on exhibit at the Buffalo Museum of Science, activities will focus on health sciences of the region including the Museum’s first Science Studio Explore YOU presented by Independent Health, the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, healthy by…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County and Media Sponsor Kiss 98.5 are excited to celebrate Liz Callahan as our first 2016 Women Who Move the City Wednesday Honoree! Liz currently serves on the Board of Directors for Journey’s End Refugee Services and WNY STEM Hub. She is on the communications committee for the WNY Women’s Foundation and the event committee for the South Buffalo Community Table’s annual fundraiser and for Startup Grind. Liz also volunteers as a teacher for Junior Achievement of WNY. Previously, Liz was the chair of B Team Buffalo and also served as sponsorship coordinator for TEDx Buffalo from 2012-2015. She was awarded the 2014-2015 Brenda McDuffie Award of Excellence for the Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals and the 2014/2015 Rising Stars award from the…
What an incredible night celebrating six outstanding Women Who Move the City and raising funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County’s mentoring programs! Congrats to our honorees: Liz Callahan, Shannon Sommer, Maggie Shea, Susan O’Sullivan, Carmaletta Zandi and Sister Mary Augusta Kaiser! Thank you to our emcee, Janet Snyder of Kiss 98.5 and to our awards presenters, WWMTC event co-chairs and representatives from event Diamond Sponsors, Phillips Lytle and Ingram Micro. We hope our honorees will proudly display their unique Women Who Move the City awards that were designed and created locally by our generous sponsor, Steel Crazy Iron Art. A BIG thank you to all of our Event Sponsors– we could not provide such a great event without your generous support! Our…
Just in time for the winter weather, TransitowneUSA representatives presented warm winter hats, gloves and scarves to the children involved in BBBSEC at a pancake breakfast with their mentors on Saturday,December 10th at the Niagara Frontier American Legion Post. TransitowneUSA collected the winter accessories during their “A Little Warmth Makes a BIG Difference” campaign held at all of their locations in November. TransitowneUSA customers received a gift certificate for a free oil change for bringing in a donation to benefit a child in BBBSEC. In addition to enjoying a delicious breakfast and receiving the winter accessories, each child also made a snowman measuring stick craft to take home and measure the latest snowfall!
