Thanks to the efforts of volunteer fundraiser William Wesnousky, the Morgan Stanley Foundation donated $1,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters this holiday season. William Wesnousky and Morgan Stanley have been proud supporters of the youth mentoring agency, donating over $30,000 during the last 10 years.
“One of the benefits of our program is it allows children to explore interests and options outside of what they might otherwise have exposure to, opening up a whole world of possibilities. We are honored that William Wesnousky and Morgan Stanley are helping to make this possible.”
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.