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Bea Big Brother or Big Sister —

Information Meeting Wednesday 7 30pm February 8,1995 - Basilica Ree Centre

- time spent with their “Littles” as relaxing.

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focus of the program is friendship and guidance.

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~ Many of the children in the program are “Problem Kids”

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- Being a “Big” requires a lot of time and is a huge commitment.

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Our volunteers generally

' spend a few hours week | hiker. = 2 “Littles”, depending of course on their schedule. Bigs” sce the cand an opportunity

to participate in activities they both enjoy

“Bigs” are young, single. athletic types. FACT Co ee ae People who volunteer to be “Bigs” do not have to be gi tied athletes, community leaders or any other type of person, Our ' volunteers are just everyday people, from a variety of backgrounds

and of all different ages.

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To be a good Big Brother or Big Sister you have to spend a lot of

money going on super Guiness ee Se ‘ FACE 5 3 ae f ‘ A

Not so! We encourage our volunteers to spend as little money as possible. “Outings” can be incorporated into your be iiesty lee Baking, fishing, walking, just talking... the list is endless. The 4 ee

MYTRERMIE 0 The volunteer Screening Process is lengthy and intimidating. — ats

In addition to an information session, a caseworker will need to | meet with you in order to get to know you better. References and police checks are also obtained. The process takes approximatcly — four weeks, and is painless! os. aegis

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MYTH —

eu i ae ee Little Brothers and Little Sisters are children from single-parent, families. Like any other group of children, some may be having»

problems, but most just want an adult friend.

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Big Brothers and Big Sisters of PELL has enough volunteers.

FACT | fo mene a yt Although we have many successful matches. we always need more volunteers. The popularity of our program means that we have | many children waiting to be matched. There are presently about 100 kids waiting to be matched, mostly boys.