As children across the province head back to school, parents turn their attention to the question of how to help a struggling child achieve success.
For nearly one hundred years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has been making a positive difference in the lives of our nation’s youth by developing and implementing a wide range of mentoring programs. To highlight the impact of mentoring, the country is celebrating Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Day on Sunday, September 18 and BBBS Month throughout September.
Mentoring matters because 1.2 million of Canada’s children live in poverty, and research demonstrates that Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs yield positive results in mental health, employment and civic engagement, factors that can help break the cycle of poverty.
Of those youth who were part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters one-to-one mentoring program, 63 per cent had post-secondary education, 80 per cent pursued healthy lifestyles and 98 per cent felt they make good life choices as adults.
#MentoringMatters has also launched, which is a social media campaign that everyone can participate in, and local agencies are hosting countless events across the country.
Follow the #MentoringMatters social media campaign on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and learn more about how to support mentoring.
