Evan Sylvester with his “Big Brother of the Year” Award.
Local volunteer, Evan Sylvester has been named “Big Brother of the Year” by Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County. Evan has been a mentor to his Little Brother, Jon, for 10 years. The award was presented at Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Shareholder’s Reception at Tolosa Winery in the presence of donors, agency staff, Board Members, and program participants.
Jon says Evan has been “such an inspirational role model to me not only as a Big Brother, but as what it means to be a real man and put work in to achieve what you want.” Jon’s mom says, “My son wouldn’t be who he is today without Big Brothers Big Sisters and Evan. He has been a huge positive difference in Jonathon’s life.”
Evan is a personal trainer and owner of Ethos Total Wellness. Along with being a Big Brother, Evan has also supported the program’s recruitment efforts by sharing his mentoring story through public speaking events and local TV interviews.
About Big Brothers Big Sisters
For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. Most children they serve are in single-parent and low-income families or households where a parent is incarcerated. As a part of the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, they make meaningful, monitored friendships between adult volunteers and children. Funding provides for a system of ongoing evaluation and support that is proven by independent studies to help families by improving the odds that participating children will perform better in school, avoid violence and illegal activities, and have stronger relationships with their parents and others. For more information on volunteering or contributing to Big Brothers Big Sisters, call 805-781-3226, or log onto www.slobigs.org.