Posts by Yvonne Nguyen
Thank you to Rogers for 2023 Community Grant in support of our Club programs!
We’re incredibly thankful to Rogers Communications for the support they have provided to our Club programs over the past year. With the community grant they provided, we continue to provide kids with opportunities to connect with positive role models and peers, enjoy a healthy meal and explore our core program areas: arts and culture,…
Read More100 MEN in 100 DAYS
100 MEN in 100 DAYS BGCBigs’ Quest to Recruit 100 Male Mentors Between Now and May 15, 2024 Our Goal. Your Challenge. Be One of the 100 Men We Need. We have set a lofty goal in the form of a challenge to the community—for 100 men to step up and become mentors to children…
Read More44th Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream Home & Win50 Lottery is back!
Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton & Area (BGCBigs) is pleased to announce the 44th Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream Home Lottery. This year’s lottery Grand Prize is a $1.27 Million Dream Home, plus $10,000. As our largest fundraiser of the year, the goal is to raise over $1 Million. These…
Read MoreMentor Adam and Mentee Abdallah Share Story of Their Lifechanging Match
We’re always so excited when we get to share real stories from our mentors and mentees about their experience. On December 8, 2023, Adam (mentor) and Abdallah (mentee) were featured on CTV Edmonton to talk about how much their friendship means to each other and how special their bond is. You can make a real…
Read MoreFrank Flaman: Leaving an Incredible Legacy
On October 9th, 2023, our community lost a great philanthropist in Frank Flaman. These words are in remembrance of Frank and the generous contributions he made to our community. Part of Frank’s legacy will be remembered through the Frank J. Flaman Foundation, which Frank established in 2005. For more than 15 years the Foundation has…
Read MoreThank You EPCOR for supporting our McCauley Club Afterschool Programming and Rigorous Tutoring
Thank you to EPCOR for contributing $150,000 over the past 2 years to our McCauley Club Afterschool Programming and Rigorous Tutoring. Our McCauley Club provides a safe and fun place for kids to go after school and during the summer. Kids are provided with opportunities to connect with positive role models and peers, enjoy a…
Read More#GivingTuesday – November 28, 2023
This #GivingTuesday, you choose how you give! Whether you give your time, a monetary donation, or physical gift, your support is so valuable to our future mentoring and club programming. All of you—each and every one of you—never fail to remind our children, youth and families that you walk alongside them, no matter how…
Read MoreThank You EPL for supporting our Summer Reading Club
This summer, our friends and partners, the Edmonton Public Library (EPL), delivered 1-hour STEAM-based programming (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) to our Club members during summer camps. EPL also provided ongoing reading opportunities for our Club members, delivering book collections to all 9 of our Club sites. Members participated and tracked their reading throughout…
Read MoreThank You Canada Summer Jobs, REACH, and Realtors Community Foundation for Supporting our Summer Programming
We would like to express a huge Thank You to Canada Summer Jobs, REACH and the Realtors Community Foundation for supporting our Summer Programming this year. Thanks to their generous support, we were able to run eight different summer camp locations that operated each week from Monday through Friday and we employed twenty (20) Canada…
Read MoreThank You Stollery Charitable Foundation for your support on the BUILD Capacity Building Initiative
We would like to extend a huge thank you to the Stollery Charitable Foundation. Over the past 3 years (May 2020 through September 2023) they’ve provided their support on a project called BUILD Capacity Building Initiative. This initiative is dedicated to a variety of important outcomes to the work that BGCBigs’ does, including Volunteer Recruitment,…
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