Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas Honored with 2022 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Pinnacle Award

The agency is recognized for outstanding team leadership in providing 1-to-1 mentoring programming for local youth.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas has been recognized as a 2022 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) Pinnacle Award Winner. Every year, BBBS agencies are recognized by BBBSA Nationwide Leadership Council, made up of local Big Brothers Big Sisters agency leaders and board members, for excellence in the organization’s signature 1-to-1 youth mentoring program. Out of 225 agencies across the country, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas is one of 8 organizations to receive this top honor.

This award recognizes the top agency for increasing its revenue and growing its overall number of mentors (“Bigs”) and youth (“Littles”) who are matched through the program, year over year, for two or more consecutive years. In the past year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas has served 954 youth. “Awards like this are never a singular accomplishment. This is not just a Big Brothers Big Sisters achievement. It signals growth for our entire community,” said Donna Dunlap president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas. “We strive every day to support local youth through mentorship. It is truly a testament to the hard work done by our Program staff.” For over 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has been dedicated to advancing equity, impact, and growth across the organization, making a lasting impact on the lives of young people.

Today, the organization creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships helping build self-confidence and emotional well-being, and empowering young people on a path to graduate with a plan for their futures and a mentor whose impact can last a lifetime. “We are extremely proud to honor Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas this year. Their innovative efforts and actions are leading the way in which our Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies empower young people across the country,” said BBBSA President and CEO, Artis Stevens. “We congratulate and thank these agencies for the outstanding work they do every day to support the life-changing mentorship matches they form and facilitate.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas will be formally recognized as a Pinnacle Award Winner at the 2023 Big Brothers Big Sisters “Bigger Together” National Conference, held June 26 through June 29 in California.

About Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas

For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor- and volunteer-supported one to one mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers and children, ages 5 through 18, in communities across the country.

Since 1972, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas has been providing mentors for children in this region. Today, we serve more than 1,500 children in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and York counties, through traditional community- and school-based mentoring and innovative specialty programs that connect caring adults with local children in meaningful one-to-one relationships.

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