We are excited to announce that 1103 children were mentored in 2009 across all our programs. This would not be possible without such a motivated and enthusiastic team of employees.

We are thrilled to be celebrating Eric Lapierre's third anniversary as a Mentoring Coordinator, Mentoring InSchool with Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa (BBBSO)!

We are very fortunate to work with incredible placement students year after year. This year we had an overwhelming request from College and University students that we could not take them all.  Corinne Miller is a 3rd year student in the Social Work program at Carleton University. Read on as she describes her experience.

Being a Big Brother is easy! It's about doing things that you would normally do with your friends. Richard Cotnam has been a Big for almost two years. Read on to see how his experience as a Big Brother is just as rewarding for him as it is for his Little.

September is Big Brother Big Sister month and we are getting ready for some excitement! What makes this month so special is our Bigs and Littles connecting and creating friendships. A while back, we asked our Bigs and Littles to share their stories with us. We received some wonderful match accounts. Read on to see what Karen has to say about her Little, Ashley, who she met two and a half years ago.

With 21 matches graduating we consider this to be one of the BIGgest rewards.
Congratulations to all our Bigs and Littles who graduated this year!

We are excited to be celebrating the first anniversary of our blog, ‘Mentoring It's BIG'.

Nous sommes très excités que nous célébrons le premier anniversaire du blog des Grands Frères Grandes Sœurs d'Ottawa (GFGSO), 'Voyez le mentorat en GRAND! '

As this week marks the 66^th National Volunteer Week, BBBSO would like to recognize our 500 volunteers who gave over 48 612 hours, energy and enthusiasm during 2008 to ensure that children/youth in Ottawa continue to have mentors and support in their lives.

Nous avons récemment organisé le concours "Partagez votre histoire" visant à recueillir auprès de nos jumelages des témoignages sur leur expérience avec GFGSO. Nous avons reçu 11 histoires extraordinaires qui témoignent de l'importance de nos programmes dans la communauté. Nous offrons une carte cadeau de 25$ en guise de récompense au gagnante du concours : Alexandre Couture Gagnon.

Alexandre nous a dit qu'elle avait décidé de devenir bénévole au sein du programme de Mentorat scolaire parce que ce dernier lui semblait idéal comme première expérience auprès de Grands Frères Grandes Sœurs d'Ottawa (GFGSO): il requiert un engagement assidu et constant mais il n'est pas accaparant au niveau du temps. 

As our blog continued to grow and attract new readers, we are excited to announce two new bloggers from our InSchool Mentoring team.