http://togetherweflourish.com/2010/03/05/big-brothers-big-sisters-want-you-to-bowl-for-kids-sake/ Helping nonprofits get noticed online through effective search engine marketing techniques Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://togetherweflourish.com/2010/03/05/big-brothers-big-sisters-want-you-to-bowl-for-kids-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Julie Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:06:29 +0000 http://togetherweflourish.com/?p=3765#comment-1486 Heather, thank you for sharing your wonderful experience! You credit your Bigs for having a big impact on your life; I would venture to say that you impacted their lives just as much! Your words ring true for many former Littles, and serve as the perfect example of the "Little Moments" that are at the heart of the "Big Magic" of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Heather, thank you for sharing your wonderful experience! You credit your Bigs for having a big impact on your life; I would venture to say that you impacted their lives just as much! Your words ring true for many former Littles, and serve as the perfect example of the “Little Moments” that are at the heart of the “Big Magic” of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

]]> http://togetherweflourish.com/2010/03/05/big-brothers-big-sisters-want-you-to-bowl-for-kids-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 Heather Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:00:17 +0000 http://togetherweflourish.com/?p=3765#comment-1485 I'm a former Little Sister. My mom, in a rare fit of mercy, enrolled my sisters and I in the program (in Hampton, Virginia), but I was already 13-14 at the time. That made finding me a Big Sister more challenging, but the awesome people in the program succeeded not just once, but TWICE, when my first Big Sister was redeployed shortly after we were matched. I stayed with my second Big Sister until I turned 18 and moved away, right after graduation. In fact, my first Big Sister came to my graduation! Now, at 32, I continue to keep in touch with both of these women who had such a big impact on my life. They've been an important part of my growing up, in how I've handled the various challenges that I've faced in my life. These two women, and their willingness to share their lives with a strange young girl, and even putting up with my mom, made a huge difference in my life. It doesn't have to be a lot. Just by spending time with young people, you bring an amazing positive influence into a life that may normally not have much positive influence. You bring an oasis of peace into a life that might not have much peace. Mentor a child. You can make a world of difference, one hour at a time. I’m a former Little Sister. My mom, in a rare fit of mercy, enrolled my sisters and I in the program (in Hampton, Virginia), but I was already 13-14 at the time. That made finding me a Big Sister more challenging, but the awesome people in the program succeeded not just once, but TWICE, when my first Big Sister was redeployed shortly after we were matched. I stayed with my second Big Sister until I turned 18 and moved away, right after graduation. In fact, my first Big Sister came to my graduation!
Now, at 32, I continue to keep in touch with both of these women who had such a big impact on my life. They’ve been an important part of my growing up, in how I’ve handled the various challenges that I’ve faced in my life. These two women, and their willingness to share their lives with a strange young girl, and even putting up with my mom, made a huge difference in my life.
It doesn’t have to be a lot. Just by spending time with young people, you bring an amazing positive influence into a life that may normally not have much positive influence. You bring an oasis of peace into a life that might not have much peace. Mentor a child. You can make a world of difference, one hour at a time.

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