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Defending Potential in Seven Parishes in SWLA
Big Brothers Big Sisters believes that all youth should be able to achieve their full potential. At Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana we welcome all youth and volunteers from Six Parishes- Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jeff Davis, and Vernon Parishes. We are affirmative, inviting and inclusion of everyone in our communities.
Our volunteer mentors work with youth in the community, in their schools, on military bases, and many places in between. Our unique brand of one-to one mentoring has a Big impact all over the nation.
What do we achieve?
Big Brothers Big Sisters helps children achieve success in school, helps them avoid risky behaviors such as getting into fights and trying drugs and alcohol, and helps them improve their self-confidence. We hold ourselves accountable to our supporters by regularly measuring our impact
Whom do we serve?
Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks to defend the potential of youth between 6 and 18 years of age in Southwest Louisiana: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jeff Davis, and Vernon Parish. Our network of volunteers, donors and supporters comes from all walks of life, all backgrounds, all corners of the country.
What do we do?
Our unique brand of one-to-one mentoring, in which a child facing adversity is carefully matched with a caring adult mentor in a relationship supported by professional Big Brothers Big Sisters staff members, changes lives for the better forever.
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Other Ways to Get Involved
Whether you get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters as a donor, potential Big Brother or Big Sister, partner, advocate, or family member, you have the power to change a child's future for the better.
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More than 9,000 youth served since 1979 with over 216,000 hours of mentoring; agency programming…
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