Organization Details:

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Helping children in need reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships with volunteers.

Description:
To assist school-age youth, primarily in single-parent homes, in developing their potential by providing healthy relationships through volunteer adult friends, professionally supervising these friendships and offering additional education and support services. The agency offers the community based Big Brothers Big Sisters Program and the school-based Buddy Program.

History:
The program began in Whitfield and Murray Counties in September of 1969 serving local boys with adult male mentors. In the mid 1970’s the program began matching girls with Big Sisters and today serves over 1200 children annually with mentors in the community and in the schools. The fastest growing segment of the program is the in-school mentoring service provided in 40 area schools and called the Buddy Program. In the fall of 2002 a third county, Forsyth, was added and began serving children in the traditional Big and Little program.

Contact person: Staci Halyak, Executive Director, (email)

Office fax number: (706) 226-9170

Address:

101 E Crawford St Suite 400 Dalton, GA 30720 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.bbbsnwgm.org/

Directions:

Located in the historic Landmark Building on the corner of Hamiliton & Crawford St in Downtown Dalton.

Last updated on August 20, 2009