BBBSBA in the News

 

Nonprofits go online to generate love and cash.

San Francisco Business Times - September 17, 2007
Richard Miles wants 5,000 Bay Area kids to be little brothers and little sisters by 2010, a fivefold increase from 1,000 today. He also wants to raise $5 million on top of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area's 2008 $2.5 million budget as a 50th anniversary present. Men and money are the two biggest impediments to the organization's growth, and CEO Miles sees social networking as the answer to both problems. Link to article by Sarah Duxbury.

Big Brothers Big Sisters starts social Web site.

Oakland Tribune - September 14, 2007
Twenty-somethings use them to arrange their social lives and 30-somethings to get job leads. So why don't volunteers to learn new ways to help their cause? Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area wants to do just that with the launch of its online social network Monday. Its 800 volunteer mentors can chat and share ideas, parents can better know their kids' mentors and staff and even donors can keep in closer touch. "Rather than us tell what we do, we'll let people tell their own stories," said Richard Miles, chief executive officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area, a mentor program that pairs adult mentors with at-risk kids. Link to article by Barbara Grady. 

Big Brothers', Big Sisters' contributions celebrated.

San Francisco -Thursday, April 19, 2007
Rickey Travis grew up in some of San Francisco's worst public housing as his mother moved from place to place to escape violence that came as close as their front door, where a stray bullet lodged one night. His friends were in gangs. His entertainment was firing guns and stealing cars. When Rickey was 11, his mother had had enough and signed him up for Big Brothers Big Sisters. And that's when Rickey met Mark Sambrooke, a 27-year-old software product manager who grew up in a small Canadian town and had recently moved to San Francisco. Link to article byIlene Lelchuk.

Sororal duo honored by Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Oakland Tribune - April 19, 2007
Rashida Lewis said she was "shy at first" when she met "big sister" Ebony Dallas at a McDonald's restaurant almost three years ago. "I was thinking she was a nice person," said the 11-year-old, poised and mature beyond her years. "She was really pretty. I liked her hair." They talked about school and Rashida's favorite things to do. Before long, the pair -- brought together by local Big Brothers Big Sisters workers -- formed a bond that both expect will continue for the rest of their lives. Link to article by Michele Marcucci.