Executive Director Barbara Veazey Announces Retirement

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and agency team to relocate the offices to the present location at 244 Main Street in downtown Hereford, upgraded all outdated technology, worked with a professional web developer …

Another Successful School Year!

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 …

January is National Mentoring Month

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. …

Annual Recruiting Call to Action

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 …

Annual VFW Golf Tournament Recap

The annual VFW Golf Tournament to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters was an eagle of a success! Seventy-nine teams turned out on Saturday and Sunday, July 28-29 to enjoy their rounds on the John Pitman Municipal Golf Course. Refreshments during play were provided by Budweiser and Cardinal’s. The Big Brothers Big Sisters’ agency team and …