BBBSOC Celebrate Volunteers and Announce OTF Resilient Communities Fund
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oxford County receive BIG support through OTF Grant Woodstock, ON – Last Fall, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oxford County (BBBSOC) received $80,200 in funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Resilient Communities Fund to support their efforts in developing a new Strategic Plan, recover lost revenue and resources through the […]
BIG MENTOR OF THE MONTH – APRIL 2023
Congrats to our BIG Mentor of the Month, Penny W.! Penny has been mentoring with BBBSOC for 9 years through our In-School Mentoring Program. In that time, she has mentored 3 youths in our program. Her most recent match has had some longevity, as the two have been matched since the mentee was in grade […]
Trivia Nite 2023 A BIG Success.
TRIVIA NITE 2023 RAISES OVER $15,880! The 17th annual Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oxford County Trivia Nite was a BIG success, even after Mother Nature tried to mess up our plans! The event, originally scheduled for Friday, March 3rd had to be moved after a storm bringing lots of ice and snow hit Oxford […]
Request For Content Contributors!
REQUEST FOR CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS OVERVIEW OF BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CANADA Many children in Canada are facing adversities in their daily lives such as poverty, family violence, school disengagement or identity challenges. These circumstances have nothing to do with the value of who they are or who they can become, but because of these […]
Big Mentor of the Month – March 2023
Congratulations to our Big Mentor of the Month – Petra F.! Petra’s journey with mentoring at Big Brothers Big Sisters started during the pandemic. It was an opportunity for her to provide social support to someone, that she knew would benefit from it. “I struggled socially in my pre-teen years and often thought about the […]