![“Building” Brighter Futures – One Roof at a Time]()
by bgcbigs | Jun 26, 2017 | community, Development, donations, Friends & Projects, Funders, kids, Our Stories, partners
February in Edmonton brought unseasonably warm weather. With the sun, came the thaw and with the thaw, came a quick realization that the home away from home for so many of our community’s kids, was no longer sound. As the dripping, and sometimes streaming, began, our...
![BGCBigs Staff Highlight: Match Facilitators]()
by bgcbigs | Jan 19, 2017 | community, Friends & Projects, Funders, kids, Mentoring, Our Programs, Our Stories, partnership, staff
We spend a lot of time talking about the importance of our 3,000 volunteers, and rightly so. They are the ones on the ground spending time with kids and youth and their families to make a positive difference in our community. We are so proud of each and every...
![Cold Lake Mentoring]()
by bgcbigs | Dec 9, 2016 | Friends & Projects, Funders, Mentoring, Our Programs, Our Stories, volunteering
Drive three hours north east of Edmonton, and you’ll find the City of Cold Lake. Over 15,000 Albertans call the rural retail hub home; many are there for the work in the nearby oil patch, for work in tourism or with the federal government, while others work on 4 Wing,...
![Homework Help]()
by bgcbigs | Dec 2, 2016 | Friends & Projects, Funders, kids, Mentoring, Our Programs, Our Stories, partners, volunteering
Tommy has been attending our West Club for over a year and our staff quickly learned that he was having some trouble in school. One day his mom came into the Club to specifically ask that we help him with his reading and spelling. Our Olivia, a Club staff member, was...
![A Lasting Impact]()
by bgcbigs | Nov 18, 2016 | community, Friends & Projects, Funders, kids, Mentoring, Our Stories, partners, volunteering
The community of McCauley was named after Edmonton’s first mayor and it is proud of its cultural diversity. It also happens to be a place where many families and individuals are struggling to make ends meet. That’s why EPCOR is working with Boys & Girls Clubs Big...
![Meeting Basic Needs]()
by bgcbigs | Oct 7, 2016 | community, Development, Friends & Projects, Funders, Our Stories, partnership
The Melton Foundation is a multi-generational foundation that was started in 1969 by Stan and Peggy Melton. “They wanted to share their success with those in need,” Teresa Melton, Managing Director of the foundation says. We are so grateful that the Melton Foundation...
