Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jackson County, Inc.
Agency Information
Name: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jackson County, Inc.
Category: Youth
Service Area: Jackson County
Purpose: Provides mentoring services for children ages 6-14 in Jackson County. Big Brothers Big Sisters offers both community-based and school-based programs. Each child is "matched" with an adult volunteer who spends quality time with that child, doing such things as reading, eating out, going to a movie, taking a walk in the park, etc.
Hours of Operation: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday
Additional Information
Address: P. O. Box 231 415 S. Walnut Street, Suite 355
City: Seymour
State: Indiana
ZIP: 47274
Phone: 812-522-9699
Phone 2: 877-892-2447
Fax: 812-522-5757
Email: mail@bbbssi.org
Website: http://www.bbbssi.org/
Facebook URL: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Brothers-Big-Sisters-of-Southeast-Indiana/227080149810
Other: Big Brothers Big Sisters matches participate in organized monthly activities that are sponsored by the agency. Both volunteers and children are screened by the professional case management staff at Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Program Information
Title: Community Based, One to One
Description: Our "One to One" program is what Big Brothers Big Sisters is founded upon. This program matches a caring adult volunteer (like you!) with a child between the ages of 6-14 in a one to one mentoring relationship. Each match meets on a regular basis as determined by the volunteer "Big", parent and child "Little".
Title: School Based, Lunch Buddies
Description: The Lunch Buddies Program matches individuals from the business community with a middle school student. The matches meet during the child’s lunch hour – once per week – for the duration of the school year. Located at Seymour and Brownstown Central Middle Schools.
Title: High School Bigs
Description: High School Bigs matches sophomores, juniors and seniors with elementary students in grades 1-3. The matches meet one hour per week in an assigned school location during school hours. Located at Emerson, Jackson, Redding, Crothersville, Medora and Brownstown Elementary Schools.
Updated July 2016
