About
blair county Big Brothers Big Sisters
Who we are Yavapai
Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth across our county.
Youth served
Mentoring Hours / yr
HS Graduation
Communities Served
Blair County Big Brothers Big Sisters
Changing perspectives. Changing lives.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Blair County seeks to change the lives of children facing adversity for the better, forever. We operate in Blair and Huntingdon Counties. Our mentors work with children in the community, in their schools and many places in between.
Our unique brand of one-to-one mentoring, in which a child facing adversity is carefully matched with a caring adult mentor in a relationship supported by professional Big Brothers Big Sisters of Blair County staff members, changes lives for the better forever.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Blair County seeks to change the lives of children facing adversity between 6 and 18 years of age. Our network of volunteers, donors and supporters comes from all walks of life, all backgrounds, all corners of the country.
Mission
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
vision
All youth achieve their full potential.
Accountability Statement:
We partner with parents/guardians, volunteers, and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each young person in our program achieving: Higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships with avoidance of risky behaviors.
Careers
We are not hiring at this time, but please check back later.
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Our History
Starting something since 1904
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1902
Ernest Coulter, court clerk, helps organize the first New York Children's Court; Ladies of Charity, later Catholic Big Sisters of New York, starts to befriend girls who come before the New York Children's Court.
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1903
Businessman Irvin F. Westheimer befriends a young boy in Cincinnati, OH; seeds are formed for the start of Big Brothers in Cincinnati.
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1904
Ernest Coulter founds the organized Big Brothers movement by obtaining 39 volunteers, who each agree to befriend one boy.
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1914
Ernest Coulter embarks on nationwide lecture tour on behalf of Big Brothers; planning begins for a national Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization.
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1917
The first national conference of Big Brothers and Big Sisters organizations is held in Grand Rapids, MI.
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1923
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., becomes treasurer of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation;
First motion picture based on a Big and Little Brother relationship is released by Paramount Pictures.
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1925
President Calvin Coolidge becomes patron of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation.
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1930
Six hundred delegates attend a Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation meeting in New York City.
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1934
President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt become patrons of Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation.
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1951
The Big Brothers of the Year program begins, Associate Justice Tom Clark of the U.S. Supreme Court and J. Edgar Hoover are named.
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1977
Big Sisters International and Big Brothers Association merge, forming Big Brothers Big Sisters of America with 357 agencies.
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1984
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America occupies its headquarters at 230 North 13th Street in Philadelphia.
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1995
Public/Private Ventures Study on Big Brothers Big Sisters Community-Based Mentoring shows measurable, positive results on youth who have a Big Brother or Sister, seminal research in the field of youth mentoring.
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1997
President William J. Clinton holds Volunteer Summit in Philadelphia; Big Brothers Big Sisters plays key role.
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1998
Big Brothers Big Sisters International is founded.
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2003
President George W. Bush announces three-year $450 million mentoring initiative in his State of the Union Address.
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2004
Big Brothers Big Sisters celebrates 100 years of serving America’s youth.
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2006
First Lady Laura Bush stars in a public service announcement to recruit volunteers across the nation.
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2007
Public/Private Ventures conducts a study on Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring program, reinforcing the value of strong, long-lasting relationships and leading to program enhancements.
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2007
In a Super Bowl first, CBS, the NFL and Big Brothers Big Sisters joined forces to create a public service announcement that features the two coaches whose teams are competing in the game. Roughly 90 million viewers tuned in to watch the game and see Indianapolis Colts' Coach Tony Dungy and Coach Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears underscore the importance of mentoring by referencing their real-life mentoring relationship.
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2010
President Obama holds a White House National Mentoring Month Ceremony; Big Brothers Big Sisters attends and plays a key role.