WHITE PLAINS – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Family Services of Westchester has been awarded a $30,000 core mission grant by Impact100 Westchester as part of the Westchester women’s philanthropic collective’s 2020 grant cycle.
The one-year grant will be used to broaden and strengthen the agency’s youth mentoring offerings in the county to meet the extraordinary challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The grant will help bridge the digital divide faced by at-risk children in the County.
The grant will support initiatives including laptops with free Wi-Fi for “Littles” (mentees), college counseling and summer internship programs, online programming for children on the waitlist and expanded recruitment campaigns for new mentors.
“We are thrilled to be given the opportunity to expand our outreach to the children and families of Westchester who so desperately need us right now,” said Valerie Brown, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Family Services of Westchester.
“With our waitlist growing by the day, Impact100’s funding will let us leverage technology to connect more children with online mentoring and tutoring resources and bring more flexibility to our adult mentor recruiting and training efforts,” she said.
