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Resources for Bigs

Below are some links where you can find resources and information pertaining to your match relationship.  In addition to these resources, you can contact your Match Support Specialist at anytime. 

Community Based Match Packet (from initial match meeting)

Basics of Being a Big

Communication Tips

Characteristics of 5 to 7 year olds

Characteristics of 8 to 10 year olds

Characteristics of 11 to 13 year olds

Littles with incarcerated parents: Ages 5 to 8

Littles with incarcerated parents: Ages 9 to 11

Littles with incarcerated parents: Ages 12 and above

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Harrisonburg-Rockingham County is a youth-services organization that pairs adult mentors in professionally guided, one-to-one matches with children facing adversity. As an affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, the organization holds itself accountable for children in the program to achieve positive, measurable outcomes through research-based methods. Among other improvements, local evaluation data shows that children served progress academically (83%), avoid delinquency (80%), and experience increased self-confidence (88%). Founded locally in 1976 as an outreach of Trinity Presbyterian Church, the organization is the largest Big Brothers Big Sisters agency in the state of Virginia, serving 712 youth in 2011. 

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