Thank you to everyone who came out to our Empower Potential Awards Celebration last Thursday! That evening we were able to raise our goal of $20,000 in the room! A special thanks to our event sponsors Bangor Savings Bank, M&T Bank, and Central Maine Power, and matching donation sponsors and donors, the volunteers who helped […]
Read MoreOur Bears & Cubs matches are reconnecting! Bears & Cubs is a site-based program that connects youth with a Bowdoin College student mentor to share activities and friendships on the College campus!
Read MoreVolunteer shortage leaves kids waiting for mentors in Bath and Brunswick Two dozen local children are waiting to be matched with adult mentors, partly because of a pandemic-driven shortage of volunteers, according to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Brunswick/Bath. Volunteer Shortage Leaves Kids Waiting for Mentors in Bath and Brunswick– The Forecaster Addysen Malkoch, 9, […]
Read MoreSnow is in the forecast! We are excited to now have winter gear – sleds, snow shoes, and adjustable youth ice skates – available for Bigs and Littles to borrow for winter outings! Big thanks to LL Bean for supporting our matches with a grant to purchase these items, and to our Program Director Aurora’s […]
Read MoreSue and Pheonix will be honored at BBBS’ Empower Potential Award Celebration.
Read MoreThanks to funding from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation and Alfred M. Senter Fund, BBBS was able to purchase and deliver 133 books for 28 Bigs and 43 Littles from Mockingbird Bookshop in Bath! The goals of this project are to offer matches a different type of match activity and connecting point during Covid-19, […]
Read MoreBy Hannah LaClaire, The Times Record – April 19 BRUNSWICK — When the coronavirus pandemic forced Katie Sellers to stop meeting with her “little brother,” Fenton, for their weekly tennis matches, trips to the pool or games at the bowling alley, she wasn’t sure what their time together would look like. Katie Sellers and her […]
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