DONATE
Many young people struggle with societal barriers and face adversities such as mental health issues, family violence, identity issues or poor living conditions. Your donation will lead to healthy, thriving youth who can achieve more.
BECOME A PARTNER
Partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters and build your brand through cause-related marketing campaigns, program sponsorship, or growth development grants.
HOST AN EVENT
Organize your social groups, have fun, and support a great cause. Do what you enjoy most while knowing you are making a difference for youth who are struggling to achieve more.
Sponsor a Match
The costs associated with our programs can include supplying healthy snacks, interactive activities, volunteer recruitment, insurance, training, and match support from our mentoring coordinators. On average, it costs $1,500.00 per year for a child or youth to participate in our mentoring programs. The demand for our programs continue to increase every year. Our challenge is to address the widening gap between the support the community needs from us and the support we can afford to give.
Sponsoring a Match with any amount will directly support a one-to-one mentoring relationship that provides a young person with a role model to talk to and share experiences with. The result is a life changing experience for both parties.
This financial contribution can be made based on your needs as a one-time donation or monthly donation.
Events
Whether you sponsor or participate in one of our fundraising events, you will be directly supporting the children and youth in our community.
Our core events include Bowl for Kids’ Sake, Golf for Kids’ Sake, and the annual BBBSOD Hockey Tournament. For more information on our upcoming events, you can visit our ‘Events’ page or email us at events@bbbsorillia.ca.
Run Your Own Event
These events are organized by you or your community group (e.g. school groups, unions, or corporations) to help raise funds necessary for Big Brothers Big Sisters to operate and ensure that every child gains the confidence to achieve more through a mentoring relationship.
An event can be any activity by a non-affiliated group or individual. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada has no fiduciary responsibility and little or no staff involvement, however, we will support you and your event as much as possible to help it be a success. Event examples include: A “something”-a-thon, Raffles, Auctions, Parties, Video Game Fundraising Models – “something-for-kids-sake”.
Tribute & Memorial Gifts
At the next special occasion, honour a friend, mentor, or family member with a gift in their honour. If a loved one has recently passed, you can also make a gift to Big Brothers Big Sisters in their memory.
Loved ones or their family will receive a personalized note of the donation made in their honour and a tax receipt will be sent to you. Make a gift in honour of someone special online or contact us
Donate Shares and Securities
Making a donation of shares and/or securities to the BBBS Endowment Fund can help BBBS build an endowment fund to provide a sustainable source of annual operating income in perpetuity. For more information on how to make a contribution please click here.
Additionally a member of our staff would be pleased to discuss with you directly the options for this program. Please click the contact us button below to arrange a face to face or over the phone conversation.
Leave a Legacy of Hope
The Leave a Legacy of Hope program encourages people to leave a gift through their will or another planned giving method to Big Brothers Big Sisters. By naming the BBBS Endowment Fund in your will can help BBBS build an endowment fund to provide a sustainable source of annual operating income in perpetuity. For more information on how to make a contribution please click here.
A member of our staff would be pleased to discuss with you directly the options for this program.