Sports Buddies is an interactive mentoring program that provides unique opportunities for children to experience participatory and spectator sports. Many of these children do not have an opportunity to join sports teams or participate in the wide variety of athletics and activities that available to them through Sports Buddies.
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ plan and schedule events lasting 3-4 hours, provide structure and monitoring during activities, including monitoring and supporting the development of each mentoring relationship.
Volunteers go through an interview, background checks, and provide references.
Some activities that have been done before are: miniature golf, indoor golf, sled hockey, indoor skiing (at Ski Maxx), stand up paddle boarding, pickle ball, indoor rock climbing, watching minor league baseball, and more.
111 S. Tejon St., St. 302, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, US
Mission Statement
The Mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
Description
Being a Big Brother or Big Sister means being a special friend and role model to a child through a one-to-one caring and consistent relationship. Programs are flexible to accommodate a variety of schedules.
Presently, Big Brothers Big Sisters - Pikes Peak (Colorado Springs) offers the following mentoring programs:
Community Based Mentoring
Sports Buddies
Mentor2.0
Please e-mail the following address to find out more information about each of these programs: kristiand@biglittlecolorado.org
