Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County

Big Brothers Big Sisters mission is to create and support one-to-one and small group mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Community Based: This is our signature program, where Bigs and Littles meet in the community 2-4 times each month, for 1 year, to participate in social activities, such as going to a movie, going to a sporting event, or simply hanging out. The important part of their activity is the one-to-one time and the consistency of the relationship.

School Based 1: This program looks much like our Community based program, but instead of meeting in the community, our Bigs and Littles meet for one hour each week, for the duration of the school year, at the Little’s school. They work on homework, play games, or venture outside together. School Based Kids Book Club In

Kids Book Club: Struggling readers work in a group setting on literacy skills, including reading comprehension, discussion skills, and writing responses to age appropriate literature. The club meets once per week at the Little’s school, for one hour for the school year.

MentorU: MentorU's mission is to help high school students develop personal, academic, and career skills by providing each student with a Big who has experience in a variety of areas and bring unique perspectives, can be a listening ear, offer encouragement and be an additional support person. In this program, high school Littles will have class time once per week with the BBBS Program Coordinator where they will discuss topics such as goals, critical thinking, self-advocacy, college preparation, self-identity, etc. During each class, Little's will communicate with their Big by sending them an online message regarding that class lesson. A Big will respond to their Little once per week and once per month all the Littles and Bigs will meet in-person at the high school or the Everett YMCA. The commitment is the duration of the school year. Ideally, the high school Littles will be in the program and matched with their Big until they graduate high school.

Small Group Mentoring: SGM is a group mentoring program designed to address the needs of Littles awaiting a one-to-one match and engaging our Bigs. It provides Bigs and Littles the opportunity to participate in facilitated group mentoring activities. All children and volunteers accepted into our program can immediately become members until matched in the community based mentoring program. SGM Bigs are required to attend at least six (6) activities per year; thus, many additional volunteers with busy schedules have the opportunity to mentor with the agency if they don’t have enough time for a community-based or school-based match.

PLEASE NOTE: This program does not launch until January 2023.