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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County

Big Brothers Big SistersIMPROVE children’s performance at school. PREVENT youth alcohol and drug use. REDUCE physically aggressive behavior. STRENGTHEN relationships with parents/guardians and with peers. LEARN about the importance of helping others.

These are just a few of the outcomes of Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring. 

We believe that every child can benefit from additional adult attention and the expanded possibilities provided by a mentor.

Big Brothers Big Sisters relationships have been shown to improve children’s school performance, decrease their alcohol and drug use and physically aggressive behavior, and to strengthen their relationships with parents/guardians and with peers.

In a nationwide survey,  83% of former “Littles” agreed that their “Bigs” instilled values and principles that have guided them through life, and 84% agreed that their mentors had taught them the importance of helping others. These are just a couple of examples which show the lasting impact of a mentoring relationship.

Big Brothers Big Sisters measures the strength and outcomes of our services. We make sure that our mentoring relationships are having a positive impact on the children we serve.

via www.bbbsjc.org


Young Life Iowa City

Out There In the World of Kids

YounglifeYoung Life doesn’t start with a program. It starts with adults concerned enough about kids to go to them, on their turf and in their culture, building bridges of authentic friendship. These relationships don’t happen overnight — they take time, patience, trust and consistency.

So Young Life leaders log many hours with kids around the world — where they are, as they are. Leaders faithfully attend football practices in the Minneapolis suburbs, mingle with teenagers at a mall in Stockholm and play pick-up soccer with former child-soldiers in Liberia. We listen to their stories and learn what’s important to them because we genuinely care about their joys, triumphs, heartaches and setbacks. 

We believe in the power of presence. Kids’ lives are dramatically impacted when caring adults come alongside them, sharing God’s love with them. Because their leader believes in them, they begin to see that their lives have great worth, meaning and purpose.

This is the first step of a lifelong journey; the choices they make today, based upon God’s love for them, will impact future decisions … careers chosen, marriages formed and families raised. Big things can begin with a ripple from the time a Young Life leader reached out and entered their world.

Young Life Iowa City
818 Gilbert Ct
Iowa City, IA 52240-1751
Phone: (319) 337-9072

via iowacity.younglife.org