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Big Buddy, Charissa Divens from
Christian Academy & Little Buddy,
Kaylie Harrod daughter of Melissa Fischbauch of Sidney
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Big Buddy Mentors
Make Big Impact in the Lives of Children
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke County is excited to
announce that another great year of the Big Buddies program is up and
running. This is the Fifteenth year the program has been in
place. The Buddies program is an eight-month commitment where
high school sophomores, juniors and seniors agree to work with and
mentor elementary aged children two times per month. During these
meetings, the high school students, under the supervision of Big
Brothers Big Sisters staff, work with one or two children on different
educational and recreational activities. This year’s curriculum
will be focused around STEM.
The Buddies program this year is at a total of six different sites in
both counties for the 2014-2015 school year. These sessions are
held at Woodland Heights, Ansonia, and Versailles in Darke County, as
well as Longfellow, Northwood, and Whittier Elementary Schools in
Shelby County.
High school mentoring programs have become a widespread component of
many nationally affiliated Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies.
Studies prove that children from who spend time with a positive role
model are more likely to become healthy productive adults. The
Big Buddies program has proven beneficial not only for the “Littles”
but for the high school volunteers, as well.
The agency is pleased to announce that all after-school programs are up
and running! This year we kicked off the programs with a total of 68
volunteers from Ansonia, Anna, Botkins, Christian Academy, Fort
Loramie, Greenville, Houston, Jackson Center, Lehman, Russia, Sidney
& Versailles.
The following high school volunteers for the fall of 2013 are:
Ansonia: Hannah Barga, Megan Bergman,Ashley Broering, Megan Gard,
Alyssa Henderson, Allison Phillippi, Libby Price, Max Muir, Brooke
Neal, Ryan Stamford, Taylor Thwaits, Haley Wampler, Meghan Wilson,
Madison Young
Greenville: Michelle Fannin, Bryan Blackbarn, Emily Fulton, Chloe
Lance, Kyra Maloy, Krutant Mehta, Cassie Rapier
Hardin Houston: Bryce Norris, Jadelyn Lorton, Ashley Fogt,
Kaytlyn Riffell
Mississinawa Valley: Jennifer Terriquez, Alysha Thompson
Versailles: Jessica Barga, Stephanie Bechtol, Kayla Bruns, Tyler Bruns,
Ashley Cochran, Mariah Collins, Sarah Cordonnier, Rachel Dapore, Nicole
Gower, Danielle Hesson, Janelle Hoelscher, Kara Langenkamp, Katie
Pothast, Courtney Rose, Rachel Shellhaas, Gabrielle Walker
Anna: Tessa Beatty, Allysandra Bolin, Raquel Bollheimer, Morgan
Brunswick, Nathan Bulle, Robert Ehemann, Hannah Eilerman, Rachel
Gehret, Alisha Holtzapple, Teah Ibarra, Sara Kettler, Hunter
Knouff, Jennifer Larger, Tyler Mckee, Grace Ontrop, Alexis Phillips,
Jennifer Robinson, Nicole Smith, Kyle Wuebker, Jacob Bice, Nick Bulle,
Courtney Hollenbacher, Chloe Spence,Christina VanFossen, Korash Assani,
Ashley Dentinger, Eric Heidemann, Megan Heitmeyer, Bridget Hoehne,
Ericka Homan, Elizabeth Landis, Sidney Sasko, Mindy Schmitmeyer,
Allison Witer, Lydia Zimpfer
Botkins: Michaela Ary, Mackenzie Brown
Christian Academy: Elizabeth Huffman, Patricia Huffman, Charissa
Divens
Fort Loramie: Sara Bornhorst, Kelly Brandewie, Rachael Marchal, Carly
Sholtis
Jackson Center: Kasey Copeland, Mikayla Fagan, Meredith Himmeger,
Jaclyn Schmiesing
Lehman: Claudia Fatone, Tessa Brown, Sara Fuller, McKenna Guillozet,
Maria Pannapara, Ana Vazquez, Kaitlin Gillman, Caroline Heitmeyer
Sidney: Bobbi Lowe, Riley Pollard, Logan Schultz, Lauren Spaugy, Hayden
Spurgeon,
Madi Thompson, Kara Boze, Bryce Henry, Talia Herron, Brandi Johnson,
Amber Day,
Alexa Goodwin, Mercedes Henders, Kia Taborn, Celena Taborn, Martina
Wilfinger
Fairlawn: Rachel King
Please note that these are the current list of volunteers posted the
date of this press release. The agency is currently still
accepting additional volunteers at some of our sites.
In addition to our after-school program the agency has 80
community-based matches throughout Shelby and Darke County. These
matches meet with each other twice a month for outings which are
planned around the volunteers own schedule. The goal of the
community-based program is to match a local child with an adult mentor,
who can serve as a positive role model, and expose the child to
enhancing and uplifting activities. Currently the agency has 16
children waiting for a Big Brother or Sister in the program, so now is
the time to think about how you could put a little sparkle into the
life of a child! If you are interested in becoming a mentor in
our community-based program, please call 547-9622 or 492-7611 for more
information.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County is a United Way
member agency and an affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of
America. The Buddies program is partially funded by the Ruther
and Emerson Booher Committee advised fund & The Versailles
Foundation Fund for Versailles, The Vectren Foundation Fund, The Shelby
County Community Foundation Monarch Legacy Fund, Cargill Cares
Foundation, & Shelby County Chamber Foundation.
If you would like more information about how to become a
volunteer, you may visit the agency web site at
www.bigbrobigsis-shelbydarke.org or call the Sidney office at
(937)492-7611 or the Greenville office at (937)547-9622.
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Little Brother, Tony Ceyler son
of Tony & Brittany Ceyler & Big Buddy, Jacob Bice from Anna.
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