What Your Gift Supports
Recruiting
women to become Big Sisters – we are continuing to recruit volunteers to be matched with girls on our wait list.
Professional training
by our staff for women to become effective mentors – we are offering virtual trainings for our prospective Big Sisters during this time.
Individual, customized support
for Big and Little Sisters throughout their relationship – our staff are continuing to support their matches and provide them with new ways to connect in compliance with social distancing and safety standards.
Enrichment programs
that support girls’ healthy development, such as physical fitness and wellness activities, career exposure, college prep, and workshops on puberty and sexual health – while we are not offering in-person programs at this time, we are providing virtual activities for Big and Little Sisters hosted by our staff and partners.
Pathways to college and career success
through the Our Big Futures, a program that provides coaching and resources for girls enrolled with us through the age of 24 to achieve financial independence through college or career placement.
Give Now
We’re 100% invested in girls. Your investment in Big Sister Boston directly supports our mentoring and enrichment programs.
More than 80% of our annual budget is raised through private philanthropy.
Your gift is critical to our success.
If you are unable to make a gift online due to browser restrictions, please contact Alejandra Osio to make your gift securely by email at aosio@bigsister.org or by phone at 617.236.5326.
Why Give?
The pandemic has amplified inequities in our community and put a spotlight on the social isolation of girls we support as Little Sisters. During this time of social distancing, our staff and Big Sister mentors have been innovative in creating ways to ensure that our Little Sisters are emotionally connected to their Big Sisters. Our staff designed a Virtual Mentoring Toolkit so that our Little Sisters receive the ongoing support and advice they have come to depend on from their Big Sisters. We have also created a virtual activities for the girls on our wait list. And, we are in contact with families and are actively connecting them to other community resources to help alleviate food insecurity and other difficult issues they are facing.
Big Sister’s door never closes. We are community connectors who strengthen the resiliency of the girls of Greater Boston.
As we are working out of the office in alignment with Governor Baker’s recommendations for businesses, gifts made online or via EFT are preferred to payments by check at the current time.
During this time of physical distance, our Little Sisters need to know that their community is here supporting them. By making a monthly gift you are providing consistent funding that will have an immediate impact. Simply select the recurring option in our donation form to make your gift on a regular schedule.
More Ways to Give
Donation by phone
If you are unable to make a gift online due to browser restrictions, please contact Alejandra Osio to make your gift securely by email at aosio@bigsister.org or by phone at 617.236.5326.
Donate By Check
During this time, we prefer to not receive donations by mail, but if you must make a gift by check, please make the check payable to: “Big Sister Association of Greater Boston”
Mail To:
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1420
Boston, MA 02116
Support the Next Generation of Leaders
If you are interested in funding opportunities specific to Our Big Futures, our program for girls who are enrolled with us age 14 – 24, or if your company or organization would like to offer internships, career awareness tours, or workshops to our Little Sisters, please contact Ariel FitzHugh, Director of Our Big Futures, at 617.236.5309 or email her at afitzhugh@bigsister.org.
