Big Friends Little Friends (FDBA Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lawrence) is a youth mentoring program
that matches caring adult mentors with young people who could benefit from a relationship with a positive
adult role model. The goal of the program is to develop the positive potential of young people by providing them with support, guidance and friendship.
Big Friends Little Friends serves 15 towns in the Merrimack Valley.
Our Big Friends Little Friends program consists of:
- Traditional/Community-Based Mentoring: A program in which the Big and Little
consistently meet 2-4 times a month for a minimum of one year. Matches are made with considerations to such
things as geographic location, interests and personalities.
- Site-Based Mentoring: A site-based program involves a volunteer meeting with his/her Little
at a site such as The Girls and Boys Club, YMCA, YWCA, etc. The concept and commitment remain the same but
matches get to take advantage of the resources and activities the site has to offer.
- Mentoring Out Loud: This program involves matching a deaf or hard of hearing child with a Big who is either deaf, hard of hearing, or skilled in American Sign Language.
- Couples as Bigs: A program in which a couple (including spouses, friends, co-workers) is matched with a child.
The match meets 2-4 times a month for a period of one year.
- Family Matches: A program in which an entire family may be matched with a child.
Family matches meet 2-4 times a month for a minimum of one year.
- Cross-Gender Matches: This is a program that matches female Big Friends with male Little
Friends who are 12 years old or younger.
Become a Big!
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in a child's life.
Become a Little!
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