Dear Friends,

Thank you for helping us Start Something BIG at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Athens!  Our Mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of area youth through professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships.  And our Vision is a mentoring relationship for every child who needs and wants one.

As a donor-based volunteer supported network, we rely on your funding to recruit, carefully match, monitor and support volunteers, children and the parents who ask us to serve their kids.

The children we are serving are among Appalachian Ohio's most vulnerable – children of single, low-income and/or incarcerated parents.  We play a key role in helping communities end some of the negative cycles too often linked to poverty and crime.  

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Athens is a sound investment with a proven return.  New research shows that when mentored children grow up they are more likely to

·         have 4-year college degrees.

·         family incomes of at least $75,000, and

·         volunteer in their communities.  

We need your help to continue this valuable and effective work.  Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support my fundraising efforts.  Please give generously.

Many thanks for your support -- and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!

Sincerely,
Jamey Bouwmeester