You don’t have to change your life to change his.

“Ashley has a lot of energy and it takes a lot of energy to keep up with her and sometimes that’s hard when I’m juggling three jobs.  Since her Big Sister Lorena came along she’s calmer and she’s allowed me to get closer to her.  Our relationship’s gotten much stronger.”
Michelle, Parent

“When I received you as a Big Sister I realized how lucky I was but I never told you.  You helped me through the worst days of my life and shared the good days with me.  You are my best friend and that will never leave my heart.”
Little Sister, Angela in what she describes
as a  “long overdue thank you”, 11 years after
being matched  with her Big Sister, Annette

“Big Brothers Big Sisters gave me the learning experience of a lifetime.  They invited me to a conference in Ottawa concerning youth at risk.  This gave me the opportunity to learn something about myself that I didn’t really know.  It brought up my self-confidence and self-esteem and desire to succeed.  I was impressed by some of the programs other people were talking about.  I think programs should enhance young people’s self-esteem, giving them responsibility and trusting them to make their own judgements.  It’s like Big Brothers Big Sisters - it’s better to prevent problems than to fix them later.”
Angela, former Little Sister, delegate to Youth Partnership, Youth at Risk (1999)

“Dear Big Brothers Big Sisters,
I really love my Big Sister, she is just what I always wanted in a friend that I could call my own.  She means the world to me.  I want to “Thank You” for giving me such a wonderful Big Sister.”
Little Sister, Angela

Thanks to funding support from Oakville Community Foundation, we are pleased to provide this report. 

"We have a new grade 3 boy in our Oakville Based Homework Club.  He lives in a single parent home and spends much time after school alone or in various programs.  He is completely enthralled with Homework Club on Tuesdays-he truly has a spring in his step!  His adult mentor is equally thrilled with her mentoring experience.  Her children are grown and she wants to spend time with young children and ‘give of her parenting experience’-she’s neither a trained teacher nor a social worker but has a relationship with this young boy that is a delight."

"The young boy loves to talk, loves to story tell and his oral presentation is actually well beyond his years.  His writing skills however are well below grade level-they would barely meet grade 1 standards.  They talk, they laugh, they measure angles for math, calculate change for money problems, write stories for language arts and research the wildlife in the Interior Plains.  Simply, they work and play together.  He has the pleasure of great company and she has the pleasure of making a difference.  He will benefit immensely from the one to one relationship Big Brothers Big Sisters has established for him!"