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Originally published in Saltwire News In a Big Brothers Big Sisters match, the Big and the Little grow a wonderful connection, and sometimes the most magical parts of that relationship happen through pets! Many of our Littles absolutely love their Bigs’ pets, like dogs, cats, and most recently… a donkey named Lou Lou. How wholesome […]

Originally published with Saltwire News.  Judy & Dax: an in-school mentoring success story For more than 40 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colchester has been enabling life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite potential of young people in Colchester and East Hants communities. Here’s one story of how the mentor-mentee relationship can be mutually beneficial. Learn [...]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colchester: Celebrating In School Mentoring   Over the past year many things have changed but one thing has remained the same – our dedicated mentors continued to show up for young people. This week we are highlighting the match between Paula and Jaiden. Paula has been volunteering as an in-school […]

Peer Mentoring: Chloé and Jessica As the end of the school year has quickly approached, we want to highlight one of our many amazing matches in our Peer Mentoring Program, Chloé and Jessica. Although students were faced with uncertainty and many changes throughout the year, they have persevered and have created great memories during this […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colchester: Michelle Misener Building Futures Bursary Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colchester awards the Michelle Misener Building Futures Bursary every year. This bursary, named after Michelle Misener in honor of her 35 years of service, provides support to students involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters who are in pursuit of […]