Local youth mentoring organization looking for volunteers
For youth in the Battlefords and surrounding area, the Big Brothers Big Sisters program offers them the chance to grow and experience life with a mentor they can rely on.
“Big Brothers Big Sisters matches youth in our community with other people who are interested in mentoring them,” Renee Sperling, Program Coordinator at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Battlefords, told battlefordsNOW. “So really, it is just hanging out and having fun here in the Battlefords, taking in everything the community has to offer.”
The program is open to young people of many ages, from children to older youth.
“We start as young as five and they can be matched until they’re 18 as long as we match them by the time they are 15,” Sperling said. “So they can spend quite a while with a mentor, for sure, a big brother or big sister.”