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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona
Since 1955 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona has provided support, guidance, friendship and fun by matching children to volunteer mentors. Big Brothers Big Sisters employs a professional staff that carefully work with both the volunteer and the child to ensure a dynamic, fulfilling, memorable and fun experience.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
For more than a century, Big Brothers Big Sisters has helped children reach their potential through professionally supported relationship with proven results.
In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Coulter was seeing more and more boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these kids stay out of trouble, and set out to find volunteers. That marked the beginning of the Big Brothers movement. By 1916, Big Brothers had spread to 96 cities across the country.
Around the same time, the members of a group called Ladies of Charity were befriending girls who had come through the New York Children's Court. That group would later become Big Sisters International.
Both groups continued to work independently until 1977, when Big Brothers of America and Big Sisters International joined forced and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Today, Big Brothers Big Sisters remains true to the vision of bringing caring mentors into the lives of children. Big Brothers Big Sisters currently operates in all 50 states and in 35 countries around the world.