Big Brothers Big Sisters Society of Calgary and Area (formerly Aunts and Uncles at Large)

Through community and school-based mentoring programs Big Brothers Big Sisters ensures that children and youth facing adversity have the relationships they need to become resilient and realize their full potential. With the support of our professional qualified staff mentors form strong one-to-one relationships with their mentees that express care challenge growth provide support share power and expand possibilities. These critical developmental relationships allow children and youth to strengthen their social emotional learning and executive functioning skills developing them into resilient young people who are able to overcome life’s adversities and achieve more. Dollars raised will help us create and nurture life-changing mentoring relationships for children and youth in and around Calgary who need them the most.