Non Profit Wish List

Our Needs

We are in need of bikes with gears for children in Fillmore so that we may continue to make a difference. This will help us give kids healthy alternatives to joining a "crew" or gang. We take them to college campuses, go on hikes, and have also started a bike club. This is for little ones all the way up to late teens who want to join, but can't afford even used bikes. So, please help us in donating bikes, new or old, as long as they work and have gears.

Overview

The Big Brothers Big Sisters Mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth.

Our History

In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Coulter was seeing more and more boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these kids stay out of trouble, and he set out to find volunteers. That marked the beginning of the Big Brothers movement. By 1916, Big Brothers had spread to 96 cities across the country.

At around the same time, the members of a group called Ladies of Charity were befriending girls who had come through the New York Children's Court. That group would later become Catholic Big Sisters.

Both groups continued to work independently until 1977, when Big Brothers of America and Big Sisters International joined forces and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

More than a century later, Big Brothers Big Sisters remains true to our founders' vision of bringing caring mentors into the lives of children. Big Brothers Big Sisters currently operates in all 50 states ? and in 12 countries around the world!