Big Brothers Big Sisters Miami Valley

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley currently serves over 500 children and youth and is committed to annually serving 1,000 children and youth in mentoring relationships by the year 2010. To meet this aggressive goal and maintain a high level of service, Big Brothers Big Sisters will introduce new programs, new processes and technology. In Dayton, a new Big Brother organization was formed through a pilot project of the Dayton Jaycee's in 1958 in which volunteers worked solely with boys referred from the Juvenile Court. In 1960, through the efforts of Juvenile Judge, Frank Nicholas the pilot project became an independent social service organization under professional direction. The new agency became a member of the Health and Welfare Planning Council in 1961 and expanded it's service to boys who were not part of the Juvenile Court System, emerging as an early intervention/preventative service for boys. In 1965 yet another expansion occurred by becoming an United Way Supported agency, the agency service area grew to include Greene and Preble Counties. In 1974 a pilot project of matching Big Sisters with Little Sisters began. From this pilot project a new agency was created, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Dayton. In 2003, our agency merged with BBBS of Miami County enlarging our service area to four counties (Montgomery, Greene, Preble and Miami) and the creation of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley.