Balancing Work, Family, and Being BIG!
She balances work and family while making time to be a Big. Chelsea shares how mentoring fits into a busy life without missing a beat.
She balances work and family while making time to be a Big. Chelsea shares how mentoring fits into a busy life without missing a beat.
What Makes A Great Mentor It’s no secret that mentorship can make a profound difference in the lives of high school students. Whether it’s volunteering as a 1-1 Big Brother Big Sister match or visiting local high schoolers in the…
On May, 24, 2022, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America announced receipt of its largest gift ever received: $122.6 million from MacKenzie Scott. While Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest is not one of the 38 direct beneficiaries…
In honor of National Mentoring Month, we want to share a particularly special story about the power of mentorship and how it can not only positively impact the life of a child, but how it can also lead to a…
Remembering Chris Gradoville: An Exceptional Mentor On September 30th, 2021, Chris Gradoville, Director of Baseball Operations at Creighton University and a former Big, was fatally wounded in Omaha, Nebraska. Chris was an upstanding community member, family man, and an amazing…
What Does A Mentor Do? Youth mentors play a remarkably important role in a young person’s life. Adult mentors provide support and stability for children that may not have either of those at home. During younger years a child’s development…
Benefits of mentoring programs in general Mentoring programs are among the most effective tools available for guidance, education, and training. Mentees in one-to-one mentoring programs stand to gain many of the same benefits provided by mentorships, including: An empowering setting…