Chevron Corporation awarded a $3,000 grant to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Based mentoring program of San Luis Obispo County. The funding from Chevron, combined with additional sources, allows the agency to serve over 260 children throughout the county by pairing vulnerable local youth with quality adult role models.
Development Director Patty Carpenter said, “Our programs provide the mentoring children need to have brighter, more successful futures with better educational outcomes. The Chevron Corporation Community Grant program has funded our programs for the past 10 years, for a total of $24,000!”
The local agency, which serves San Luis Obispo County, conducts targeted volunteer recruitment, screening and matching, as well as ongoing support for volunteers, children, and families, ensuring child safety to sustain successful long-term relationships.
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. Many children served are in single-parent, low-income families or in 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 visit www.slobigs.org.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is 100% donor and volunteer supported, and all donations benefit children in San Luis Obispo County. Local data shows that 77 percent of children in our programs improved their grades; 79 percent improved their behavior and 87 percent exhibited more self-confidence. Since 1995 Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County has provided mentor relationships for over 2,343 children. At a yearly cost of $1,200 per child, your support is vital. Help us in our mission to provide children with professionally supported one to one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.