Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hereford TX
Big Things Are Happening
Plans are underway for 15th Annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2014. Bowl for Kids’ Sake, the annual fundraiser for Big Brothers Big sisters of Hereford is scheduled for March 28 -29 at Sugarland Mall Bowling Lanes in Hereford. Bowling Sessions will run Friday evening and Saturday morning/early afternoon to accommodate bowlers’s work schedules. Sara Pesina, …
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Kathie Kerr will bring her enthusiasm to Big Brothers Big Sisters as the newest member of the match support team on January 2, 2014. Kerr retires from her 33-year career with the Hereford Independent School District at the end of the year. Over the years Kerr has worked as an elementary teacher and most recently …
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The agency’s Board of Directors selected Sara Pesina to replace retiring Barbara Veazey as Big Brothers Big Sisters new Executive Director. Pesina will assume her new position on December 20. Pesina has worked at the agency for the past two-and-a-half years as a Match Support Specialist. Prior to that, Pesina worked for the Hereford Independent …
Executive Director Barbara Veazey will retire from her 12-year career with the agency on December 20, 2013. During her tenure, Veazey worked with the board of directors and agency team to relocate the offices to the present location at 244 Main Street in downtown Hereford, upgraded all outdated technology, worked with a professional web developer …
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Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across Texas have partnered with Allstate Insurance to promote teen driving safety. Click the link for helpful driver’s safety tips for keeping safe on the roads this summer. http://www.allstatefoundation.org/teen-driving
The 2012-2013 school year marked the 13th anniversary of the Bigs in Schools school-based mentoring program. Highlights from this year included: Several long-term school-based matches transitioned over to community-based matches. Our 5th grade students worked on new materials about junior high with their volunteer mentors. Post-test results indicated that 87.5% of the participating 5th graders …
Be sure to visit Hereford’s newly remodeled McDonald’s on February 26, 2013 between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. During that time,McDonald’s will donate 20% of sales to our agency! So come on out to enjoy a great meal for a great cause! McDonalds poster
10 things YOU can do in January (reposted from the National Mentoring Month Campaign): 1. Become a mentor in your community. 2. Learn more about mentoring. 3. Partner with a mentoring organization. 4. Join “I Am a Mentor” Day on January 10. 5. Think about the mentors in your life, post a tribute to them online, then tweet about them using the #NationalMentoringMonth hashtag. …
Our new website was officially live on Tuesday, October 9, 2012. We wish to thank Texas Rural Communities for their support on this project as well as the very talented Jason Hudson of Amarillo Web Pro Website Design Services for producing such a showcase website! Our new website will provide our community with important information …
We are gearing up for our annual Recruiting Call to Action for our school-based mentoring program, Bigs in Schools. The new school year has arrived all too soon; therefore, we must be pro-active in increasing our volunteer force, processing applications and background checks, and providing training so that our volunteers have the tools they need …