Mayor Proclaims January National Mentoring Month
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer made the announcement during a press conference Monday morning at Kosciusko County Community Foundation.
The conference was held by the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization of Kosciusko County.
It was also announced that Sherri Milton, ambassador committee chair for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kosciusko County, has received the Big Sister of 2013 award from the state of Indiana.
She previously received a regional award, the 2013 Big Sister of the Year Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana.
Her name was submitted for the state award. Milton will receive the award later this year at the state convention.
Milton has been a Big Sister for nine years to her Little Sarah.
“The powerful thing about mentoring is you get more out of it than you give,” Milton said during Monday’s press conference. “You deliberately set aside time to spend with a child to make a difference.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships with measurable impact.
The organization offers a site- and school-based program where Bigs and Littles meet an hour a week for the duration of the school year to eat lunch, read and work on homework. There are currently programs at Madison, Lincoln, Harrison, Syracuse, Milford and Pierceton.
A community-based program also is offered where the Big can meet with their Little on a monthly basis, usually three to four times per month.
There are currently 186 matches in Kosciusko County and 75 Littles who are in need of a mentor, with 70 percent of those being boys, according to Trina Hoy, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kosciusko County community development director.
Hoy thanked local businesses for providing price breaks for Bigs and Littles and sponsors and financial supporters.
Big Brothers Big Sisters has been making mentoring matches in Kosciusko County for 20 years and last year supported 186 children who were matched with a mentor.
Hoy said she has been a Big Sister to a girl named Ariel for seven years.
“During the past seven years of mentoring her as a Big Sister I have seen her develop from a very shy, socially awkward little girl who wasn’t doing well in school to a beautiful young lady who wants to pursue law enforcement, she wants to be a cop,” Hoy said.
For more information on how to become a Big or Little contact Hoy at 574-551-6386 or [email protected]
An upcoming fundraising event for the organization is the Bowl For Kids Sake event March 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 1:30 to 3:30 p.m and 4 to 6 p.m. at The Bowling Alley in Warsaw.
The fundraiser is to raise $25,000 to support 250 new matches this year.
Contact Hoy to get a packet.[[In-content Ad]]
Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer made the announcement during a press conference Monday morning at Kosciusko County Community Foundation.
The conference was held by the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization of Kosciusko County.
It was also announced that Sherri Milton, ambassador committee chair for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kosciusko County, has received the Big Sister of 2013 award from the state of Indiana.
She previously received a regional award, the 2013 Big Sister of the Year Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana.
Her name was submitted for the state award. Milton will receive the award later this year at the state convention.
Milton has been a Big Sister for nine years to her Little Sarah.
“The powerful thing about mentoring is you get more out of it than you give,” Milton said during Monday’s press conference. “You deliberately set aside time to spend with a child to make a difference.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships with measurable impact.
The organization offers a site- and school-based program where Bigs and Littles meet an hour a week for the duration of the school year to eat lunch, read and work on homework. There are currently programs at Madison, Lincoln, Harrison, Syracuse, Milford and Pierceton.
A community-based program also is offered where the Big can meet with their Little on a monthly basis, usually three to four times per month.
There are currently 186 matches in Kosciusko County and 75 Littles who are in need of a mentor, with 70 percent of those being boys, according to Trina Hoy, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kosciusko County community development director.
Hoy thanked local businesses for providing price breaks for Bigs and Littles and sponsors and financial supporters.
Big Brothers Big Sisters has been making mentoring matches in Kosciusko County for 20 years and last year supported 186 children who were matched with a mentor.
Hoy said she has been a Big Sister to a girl named Ariel for seven years.
“During the past seven years of mentoring her as a Big Sister I have seen her develop from a very shy, socially awkward little girl who wasn’t doing well in school to a beautiful young lady who wants to pursue law enforcement, she wants to be a cop,” Hoy said.
For more information on how to become a Big or Little contact Hoy at 574-551-6386 or [email protected]
An upcoming fundraising event for the organization is the Bowl For Kids Sake event March 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 1:30 to 3:30 p.m and 4 to 6 p.m. at The Bowling Alley in Warsaw.
The fundraiser is to raise $25,000 to support 250 new matches this year.
Contact Hoy to get a packet.[[In-content Ad]]
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