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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee’s mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
Since 1975, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee has been the premier provider of youth mentoring services in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties. Our mentoring program makes a profound impact in the lives at-risk youth by creating and supporting strong, long-lasting one-to-one relationships between children and caring volunteer adult mentors. Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mentoring program offers three unique one-to-one options: 1)Community-based mentoring, 2)School-based mentoring, 3)mentor2.0. In each, volunteers make a minimum two year commitment to mentoring a child; engage with their mentee 3-4 times per month; and provide role modeling, friendship, and guidance to increase positive youth outcomes. We hold ourselves accountable for each child in our mentoring program achieving educational success, avoidance of risky behavior, and social and emotional development.
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It’s all about giving during the holiday season! The Banilla Games team in Jackson, Wisconsin, collected board games as donations for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee. Special thank you to all of our teammates that donated!
What a busy, beautiful weekend! Pumpkin and apple picking at Barthel Fruit Farm with Big Brothers Big Sisters, changing colors in Kern Park and a Reinwald family dinner in my hometown Oak Park.
So many fun things going on this week - without any further delay...
Wednesday (10/19) - Join us as we start Lap 6 of our Mario Kart 64 eLeague at Wizard Works Brewing in the Historic Third Ward MKE! Test laps and league intro starts at 6:30pm with open play available after for all patrons!
Thursday (10/20): We're back for Game Night at Foxtown Brewing in Mequon from 6-9pm! Enjoy everything their menus have to offer and relive some nostalgia as we play some of our favorite retro video games! Want us to bring your favorite? Let us know in the comments!
Saturday (10/22) - Brew City Bowl returns to The Mecca Sports Bar and Grill in the Deer District for Milwaukee's tournament! Play in 1 of 2 divisions for players of all skill levels, with the chance to win awesome prizes. Check-in at 11am with new players welcome until we kickoff games at 12 noon. $5 from every entry benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee, with championship games set to finish so you can head across the plaza to Fiserv Forum and cheer the Bucks for their home opener - tipoff at 7p!
Our United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Campaign has officially launched this week! We kicked it off with a Winter Care Kit build that will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee and other local organizations.
Thank you to everyone who helped with the build! 🙌🏻
🚨🚨 NEW PRIZE ALERT!!! 🚨🚨
While this map won't help you get TO Brew City Bowl 3 at The Mecca Sports Bar and Grill on Saturday, October 22 (yes - we're back at Mecca), you can go home WITH this Level 4 floor mat as one of the prizes from this year's Tecmo Challenge!
Only $5 per attempt and 100% of raffle proceeds go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee! Can't wait to see everyone there at Mecca Sports Bar & Grill!
(Did we mention we're back at Mecca for Brew City Bowl 3? We're excited for that update too - especially since the Bucks' home opener is that night - tipoff at 7pm after our tourney!)
So grateful for partners like Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee for your long term investment in our scholars!
🎟🎟 THE TECMO CHALLENGE RETURNS!!! 🎟🎟
We heard the Blitz got the best of a few people last year, so we're returning to Tecmo Super Bowl on NES for this year's contest. Our friends at CARCADE deliver a challenge you can literally take for a spin! Each attempt is once again $5, but you need to score a TD with that select player and matchup for entry into the raffle, including:
1. Bo Jackson vs. NYG
2. Barry Sanders vs. GB
3. Jerry Rice vs. ATL
4. QB Bills vs. PIT
5. QB Eagles vs. MIN
6. Al Toon vs. NO
7. Don Majkowski to Sterling Sharpe vs. CHI
8. Michael Irvin vs. WAS
9. Andre Rison vs. CIN
10. Jack Trudeau vs. SF (the "Papi Special")
11. Warren Moon vs. BUF
12. Christian Okoye vs. DEN
13. Dan Marino vs. PHI
14. Steve Grogan vs. TB
Best of all, EVERY dollar from the Challenge goes to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee.
This year's grand prize? Your guess is as good as ours. In the meantime, signup to play at brewcitybowl.com/register for all of the fun on Saturday, October 22!
We're only ONE MONTH away from Brew City Bowl 3 - so what better time to show off this year's tee design!
Jackey the Jackrabbit (yes, that's his official name) sports those famous overalls to celebrate our third tournament benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee.
Signup to play at brewcitybowl.com/register and stay tuned to our socials for additional prize updates! See you Saturday, October 22!!!
Presented by: CARCADE
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee is our 5% Miner's Promise recipient this week!!
This one is growing up fast! Third Ward Art Festival, BBQ at the Public Market and first day of school.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro
We're proud to partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee each year to equip kids with what they need to return to the classroom!
Thank you to Big Brothers Big Sisters for the opportunity to engage with these families, and thank you to our employees who donated.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee connects children and teens with a caring adult role model who helps them navigate challenges and avoid risky behavior.
We're thrilled to have donated our suite at American Family Field, where Big Brothers Big Sisters program participants and staff had a ball watching the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays in an exciting extra-inning walk-off.
Stephanie Perry, BBBS Events Coordinator, said about the outing, "I wanted to thank you again for the awesome suite tickets and experience you provided to these kids. That Rowdy Tellez game-tying home run in the 9th was the highlight, second only to Adames' game-winning hit in the 10th inning."
We're so glad everyone had a blast! Learn more about BBBS of Metro Milwaukee, donate, or become a program participant here:
https://www.bbbsmilwaukee.org/
We loved teaching a clinic with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee lassssst night! Proud to continue partnering with local youth organizations and non-profits! 🐍
Have you registered for our Youth Conference yet? We are just weeks away from 4 IMPACTFUL youth led workshops, teambuilding activities, food, and relationship building, don't miss out! See you there!
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PEARLS for Teen Girls
MKE Fellows
GLOW 414 Inc.
Lead2Change, Inc.
Lad Lake
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee
Black and Latino Male Achievement
Youth Stand Up MKE LLC
Milwaukee Public Schools
Teens Grow Greens
Running Rebels Community Organization
Urban Underground
City of Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Happy Juneteenth! Caree and I walked in the parade this morning with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee.
It’s our matchiversary! One year ago today, Caree and I were matched through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee. Time really flies 🥹