Mentoring Matters: Big Sister Becomes Ultimate Role Model For Teen Who Lost Mom
It’s clear Florangel Lopez feels at home at Marlins Stadium, as she saunters through the halls.
Mentoring Matters: Program Helps Duo Form Real Brotherly Love
Rob Collins and Keiliel Jones were matched by the Big Brothers Big Sisters program eight years ago. CBS4 caught up with them recently when they were playing in a basketball game. It’s just one of the many things they do together.
Long-Awaited Home Opens for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Most ribbon-cutting ceremonies feature about as much genuine emotion as a GPS voice. But when Carnival Cruise Lines CEO Arnold Donald and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami President Lydia Muniz did the big ceremonial snip Monday for the Carnival Center for Excellence, it wasn’t once more without feeling.
Long-awaited home opens for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Most ribbon-cutting ceremonies feature about as much true emotion as a GPS voice. But when Carnival Cruise Lines CEO Arnold Donald and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami President Lydia Muniz did the big ceremonial snip Monday for the Carnival Center for Excellence, it wasn’t once more without feeling.
Mentoring Matters: Carnival Center of Excellence Opens for Kids and Mentors
Mentoring kids in South Florida got a big boost on Monday with the official opening of the Carnival Center for Excellence, the new headquarters for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami.
Florida lawmakers opt not to change how after-school programs are funded
How Florida gives state money to organizations that provide after-school care, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Boys & Girls Clubs, won’t change anytime soon. The 2016-17 budget […]
Mentoring is vital to children’s future
While our local news and cultural headlines provide ample evidence of possibility and evolution in Miami-Dade County, there’s one particularly dissonant statistic: South Florida ranks dead last among 51 major metro areas for its volunteer rate.
Heat Charitable Fund Donates $350K To Big Brothers Big Sisters
The Miami Heat organization made a big donation to a local organization this week.
Mentors ‘an absolute necessity’ for the future
In high school, the hardest part about my AP chemistry homework wasn’t the subject matter — it was the drug dealers, gunshots and fatal shootings outside the apartment where I lived with my mother. It was the fear of being envied or harmed for trying to pursue a better life.
I introduced my mentee to my world at work
Although my work in the pharmacy field is rewarding, my experiences as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami enabled me to fulfill my life goal of making a direct and positive impact by improving the course of someone’s life.
