Current Volunteer Program Updates
If you are currently a volunteer with BGCBigs, we want to keep you informed as to the steps we have recently taken in response to COVID-19 and how you can still stay connected with our children and families through alternative means.
BGCBig Club Programs Resources/Updates
Clubs have moved online: Our clubs are creating online content and posting it to our social media in order to still communicate with club kids. Learn more: https://bgcbigs.ca/programs-for-kids/clubs/
At this time, each of our BGCBig Club run program sites are closed. We will be updating each of our club sites individually as we run programming with our partners and working thru how this will look over the next while. Our agency is exploring alternative ways of providing essential services to our clients, more information is to come.
Click here to read the full letter sent to Club and OST families (Sent March 17th, 2020)
BGCBig Community Based Matches Resources/Updates
Currently all in-person contact between our matches is suspended until April 3rd, 2020. The agency will not be approving any overnights between March 16th – April 3rd, 2020. We do want to recommend that matches continue to use technology to communicate and stay in touch. Please connect with each other (Skype, FaceTime, Phone, etc) to check in with each other as well as to discuss the current events. For a list of activity ideas, please see the linked letter below.
Click here to read the full letter to Community-Based Matches (Sent March 16th, 2020)
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In-School and Corporate Mentoring Programs Resources/Updates
As a result of this, all mentoring activities in schools will be put on hold until further notice. This includes our In-School-Mentoring programs and corporate mentoring programs.
Click here to read the full letter to our in-school volunteer (Sent March 14th, 2020)
Some Club Programming Returns! (McCauley, Kinsmen and West)
Friday, March 13th, 6:30 pm was the last time children went through the doors at McCauley club. The agenda of the day still sits on the whiteboard as a reminder of the activities that once filled the space. During these last two months the staff have scrubbed and...
Staying Connected With Your Matches: Activities Through Technology
The Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton is taking the COVID-19 (coronavirus) seriously. The health and safety of children, youth, our community and our teams are of paramount importance to us. Our Pandemic Plan prioritizes the stability of...
Looking to Volunteer With Us?
BGCBigs is still actively recruiting volunteers for each of our programs and the interview processes have been moved online. If you are interested in applying or learning more, please visit our volunteer pages here bgcbigs.ca/volunteer/ .
If you are a current volunteer in our enrollment process and are looking for information on in-person training, please connect with your enrollment facilitator.
We thank you for your patience as we work through these actions and decisions.
Volunteer With Us!
We are still recruiting volunteers! If you want to learn more about how our processes have changed and are interested in signing up as a volunteer, inquire today: