This year we were able to offer Christmas assistance to a few of our BBBS families in need. Many thanks to Skaggs Health and Fitness Center and Tri Lakes Christian Church for blessing these families with your generosity!!
Gifts donated by Tri Lakes Christian Church
Gifts donated by Skaggs Health and Fitness Center
We have an exciting event coming up on October 3rd on Lake Taneycomo! It’s our 2nd Annual Landing to Landing Canoe and Kayak Race and Fun Paddle.
For more detailed information and to register, click HERE!
We hope you’ll join us in support of this fundraising event for BBBS. We are excited that this is an Official event of the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor Fitness Festival! We would also like to thank Bass Pro Shops - White River Outpost, and Lilleys’ Landing for their support of this event.
We’d like to introduce you to Matt and Blake!
This Big and Little have been matched for four years! They have developed a wonderful friendship over that time. Matt says of the match, “Blake, my little, is a great kid who didn’t have a male role model to look up to or to do things with going into his teenage years. We have a strong bond and consider each other real lifelong brothers. I am very fortunate to be a part of something so rewarding.”
During their four years as a match, they have participated in a number of fun activities, including attending the Indy 500, repelling, caving, fishing on Lake Taneycomo, attending Cardinal’s baseball games and more.
Check out these great pictures Matt recently shared with us…
Big Couple (James and Jean) and Little Brother Miguel
Big Sister Sarah and Little Sister Ellie
Big Sister Clare and Little Sister Julie
Please take a few minutes to watch this video. It is well worth your time!
Big Sister Tamra and Little Sister Aspen
Matched on January 7th, 2009
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Big Brother Scott and Little Brother Haydon
Matched on January 15th, 2009
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Big Brother Scott and Little Brother Tristan
Matched on February 7th, 2009
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Big Sister Debi and Little Sister Tyrae
Matched on February 9th, 2009
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Big Brother Mark and Little Brother Shane
Matched on March 20th, 2009
Big Brothers Big Sisters has a unique school based mentoring program in place with the Hollister School District. The program is in it’s second year. Once a week students in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades at Hollister High School serve as mentors to their junior high aged peers in grades 6-8. This program is designed to build one to one relationships and reinforce character education traits.
Recently our school mentoring coordinator, Mary Pierce put together an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. As you can see from the pictures, they had a great time!
Our Bowl For Kids’ Sake Event was a great success this year! We hosted five different session times with 250+ bowlers participating and are thankful to announce that over $22,000 was raised!
Each participatant bowled 2 games, feasted on Papa John’s Pizza, and had the chance to win some of our wonderful giveaways! Some of the prizes given away were…a Blackberry Pearl, a Blue Tooth Headset, A one night stay at the Hilton, a Garmin GPS, Ridemakerz Cars, and several gift cards to places such as Olive Garden and The Keeter Center!
Much fun was had by all…as you’ll see in the slideshow we have compiled below. Check it out!
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It’s that time of year for our annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake event! The event will take place on March 7th and 9th at Millenium Bowling and Entertainment facility in Branson West. We’re looking for sponsors and teams to help make 2009 the best year ever! Check out THIS LINK on our website for more information. You can learn more about sponsorship and even register online through our website.
Here are some pictures of the fun we’ve had at past Bowl For Kids’ Sake events!
We’d like to introduce you to Bob and Jesse. This special match was made on November 17th, 2008.
Bob tells us they have already enjoyed several activities together including lunch at Jesse’s school, bowling, and a Wii Bowling Tournament hosted by Bob’s church!
