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About The BIG Give

The BIG Give Celebration: We invite all of our Bigs who are supporting this year's BIG Give along with their families and Littles to join us at our celebration on Saturday, April 29 at Bluegill Restaurant between 9:30-11:00 am. We'll have brunch, a Bloody Mary bar, airboat rides, live music, kids activities, and much, much more. RSVP here by April 25!


While some of you have always known it as the BIG Walk, we're enhancing our peer-to-peer fundraiser to The BIG Give! While the name has changed, the aim is the same! We invite YOU to grow the mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters through peer-to-peer fundraising or a personal contribution. 

Our largest annual fundraiser plays a vital role in carrying out our completely donor-supported mission year-round. This year's goal of $50,000 will result in hundreds of local lives being positively changed for the better, forever. It will also sustain our ongoing mentoring programs and enable us to continue new, expanded services like our Big Neighbors and Pathways to Success programs to support children and families across south Alabama and Mississippi.

Each year, we invite our BIGGEST champions—YOU, our volunteer Bigs—to help support their match relationships and help make new ones. 


You can help spread the word about our mission and support our programs by creating a fundraising page and inviting your contacts to make a gift! 

Don't know how to set up your page? No problem! Click here for detailed instructions to create your page.


As the biggest and best champions of our mission, who better to tell the story of the impact than our Bigs? When you share your story through your fundraising page, YOU can help GROW our mission and ignite the potential of kids in our community who DESERVE another caring adult in their life.

The BIG Give starts TODAY and ends on April 29, where we'll celebrate the success of our efforts at The BlueGill! During the campaign, we'll have fun prizes and awards for fundraisers who hit their goals and MORE!

How to Participate

Participating in The BIG Give is easy! There are two (2) ways YOU can IGNITE potential in our youth through The BIG Give:


Click here to donate today! 


Click Here for detailed instructions on Creating Your Page!


Have Questions? Need Help? We're Here for YOU!

Contact our Development Team at development@bbbssa.org with any questions. We're here to help!

Our Mission

The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. We enlist caring, qualified adult volunteers and match them with high potential children between the ages of 6-12. We believe each child in our community can benefit from another caring and supportive adult mentor who will guide them to success, hold them accountable, and set their lives in a direction they never thought possible.

Our Focus

Our focus is on defending the potential of all youth. We stand firmly against violence, racism, injustice, and inequity. We consistently stand for connection, positivity, and empowerment for the children, families, and communities we serve. We invite you to join us to ignite the potential in our youth!

Little Sister Courtney and Big Sister Chiante, matched for 3 Years in Mobile, AL.


NEW Sponsorship Opportunities

We are excited to introduce NEW Sponsorship opportunities for the BIG Give Celebration this year. Each sponsorship includes other benefits from our program events throughout the year and other marketing opportunities. Please contact Aimee Risser at aimee@bbbssa.org for more information.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES


2022 PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Little Brother Keegan and Big Brother Damon, matched for 1 Year in Mobile, AL.


After 12-Months in Our Programs, our Youth Report:


98% kept or created plans for high school graduation and beyond

86% feel they are doing well in school

83% engaged in volunteering and/or after school programs 

74% feel close and connected to their family

84% can make and stay friends with their peers

86% feel they have an important adult in their life who they can lean on for support


Support our youth in south Alabama

Provide a Background Check $25

Child safety is critical to our mission. $25 covers the cost of a background check for a volunteer.

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College Application Fee for a Little $50

Remove the barrier of college application fees to support the success of our Littles' futures.

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Community-based Match Activity $100

Provide a Big & Little with an experience in the community like attending a sports game, visiting a museum, going to a concert or eating out at a restaurant.

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Support a New Mentoring Match $500

Help provide a child in south Alabama with a professionally screened and trained mentor and change the lives of a Big and Little for the better, forever.

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Suzanne Dunn

Suzanne Dunn has raised $355 out of their goal of $500

$355 raised (71%)

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