Sports buddies
Sports Buddies is an ongoing program designed to match prospective mentors with waitlisted youth and to further develop already existent mentor relationships through FUN group sports and outdoor recreational activities!
What is required of you
Make a Minimum Six month Commitment
Attend 1-2 events per month (usually weekdays after school)
Spend one-to-one time with the Little ONLY through the events
Parent/Guardian provides transportation
Goals of the Program
To eliminate an ongoing waitlist of at-risk children that can number from 10-30 children.
To give prospective mentors a chance to interact with children in a staff supervised group activity.
To expose the children and prospective mentors with an opportunity to interact with one another and consider the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program.
Capture and Measure all data through the program in Matchforce BBBS’ proprietary system.
Successfully add 10 matches as a result of Sports Buddies. Other matches will come from our community based and site based programs at the schools.
For Questions Please Contact:
Caleb Speas
Sports Buddies Program Manager
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado
caleb@bbig.org
970-903-4231
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