volunteering

Happy National Volunteer Appreciation Week 2024!

April 17, 2024

As we celebrate this special week (April 14, 2024 through April 20), we wanted to take a moment to shine the spotlight on the real heroes of BGCBigs—our volunteers! 🎉 From mentoring bright minds out in the community and creating safe and nurturing environments at our Clubs, to sharing their wisdom as in-school mentors and…

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100 MEN in 100 DAYS

February 14, 2024

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…

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#GivingTuesday – November 28, 2023

November 27, 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…

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BGCBigs on Global NEWS Edmonton to speak about Students Mentoring Students Bursary

September 5, 2023

Our own Danielle Newman, Volunteer Recruitment Specialist, and Riley Penner, current BGCBigs Community-based Volunteer, recently sat down on Global Edmonton’s ‘red couch’ to chat about BGCBigs’ newest pilot project: The Students Mentoring Students Bursary. Check out what they had to say about this incredible new Bursary program which will award $1,000 to 100 Alberta post-secondary…

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100 Post-Secondary Students Can Earn $1,000 Bursary through New Mentoring Pilot Project

September 1, 2023

Students Mentoring Students Bursary (SMSB) is an exciting pilot project (in collaboration with Volunteer Alberta) that provides valuable resume-building experience and skills, PLUS a $1,000 bursary to 100 post-secondary students in Edmonton and Area. The reality is, that many volunteers are facing more barriers such as lack of transportation, less available free time and less…

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Volunteers, Thank you! | National Volunteer Week 2019

April 7, 2019

Volunteers, thank you! April 7-13, 2019 is National Volunteer Week! We want to make sure YOU and our 3,099 other volunteers know how important you are and that you are make a BIG impact for our children and their families. Did you know that you and all the amazing people from all walks of life from all…

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Corporate Mentorship: Stantec Leads The Way

March 4, 2019

Did you know that youth who have mentors are statistically more likely to excel than those who do not? That’s what our programs are all about, providing the best possible outcome for the children in our communities. Unfortunately, demand exceeds supply. We have over 1500 children currently waiting to be matched with a mentor. Over…

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MacEwan Basketball Team Scores with Mentorship Program

July 26, 2018

This year brought the inception of a partnership between the MacEwan Griffins men’s and women’s teams and Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton & Area (BGCBigs) to support the students of Spruce Avenue Junior High School. Students from Spruce Avenue who would benefit from mentorship, were able to travel to MacEwan…

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It Takes a Village

May 8, 2018

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Yoga In Ford Hall

April 26, 2018

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] On Sunday, April 22nd, youth from Boys & Girls Club Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton & Area attended a free yoga class in Ford Hall. Ford Hall is located in Rogers Place and can be used…

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