You help support our important work for local at-risk children in need of positive, caring mentors when you participate in upcoming fundraisers and collect pledges for our cause. Use this system to create your personal fundraising web page for the event that you will be participating in, either the April 20th Bowl For Kids' Sake event in Grass Valley, the May 18th Nevada City Mountain Bike Endurance Ride, the September 300 Miles for Mentoring ride from Truckee to San Francisco, or the October 19th Bowl For Kids' Sake event in Tahoe. You can also raise funding to support our mentoring programs on your own without an event. You will raise money quickly, easily, and securely!
31st Annual Grass Valley Bowl For Kids' Sake: Disco Bowl!
Because mentoring is groovy!
WHEN: Saturday, April 20th, 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Prosperity Lanes, Grass Valley, CA
Come and join the fun! This is a signature Big Brothers Big Sisters event and agencies across the country recruit thousands of bowlers to support mentoring. Come and join us in Grass Valley to have a blast while you bowl! Bowlers collect $100 in pledges or more each and receive a free t-shirt and are eligible for prizes in return. Bowlers have the option to dress up as their favorite disco icon and be entered into a contest for best costume.
15th Annual Nevada City Mountain Bike Endurance Ride
WHEN: Saturday, May 18th, All Day starting at 7:30 a.m.
WHERE: Nevada City, CA
This ride offers a 45 and 50-mile route that follows a beautiful loop out of Nevada City on local trails, including the incomparable South Yuba River Trail. The route is approximately 80% singletrack, 7,000 feet of climbing, with stunning views of the river. In place of registration fees, we ask riders to raise $250 in pledges for our mentoring programs. We provide t-shirts, bags full of goodies, check points with first-aid, water and snacks, as well as lunch and dinner for all riders.
300 Miles for Mentoring
WHEN: In September, Dates TBD
WHERE: Starts in Truckee and ends in San Francisco
From the Sierras to San Francisco! Board Member and avid cyclist, Hardy Bullock, is organizing another 300 mile ride with fellow riders: Carey Thrasher, Ken Bossung, Chris Barry, Jeremy Schneir, and Scott Hanson. This epic ride is to raise awareness and funding for our valuable mentoring programs throughout the region and will start in Truckee and end in San Francisco, while making its way through Nevada City, Grass Valley, Sacramento, and Napa along the journey. Support these dedicated riders by donating to their page!
Incline Bowl For Kids' Sake: Disco Bowl
Because mentoring is groovy!
WHEN: Saturday, October 19th, 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Bowl Incline, Incline Village, NV
Come and join the fun! This is a signature Big Brothers Big Sisters event and agencies across the country recruit thousands of bowlers to support mentoring. Come and join us in Incline Village to have a blast while you bowl! Bowlers collect $100 in pledges or more each and receive a free t-shirt and are eligible for prizes in return. Bowlers have the option to dress up as their favorite disco icon and be entered into a contest for best costume.
