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PHILADELPHIA, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Brothers Big Sisters is releasing new public service announcements featuring the national mentoring organization's spokesman, Academy® Award and Grammy® Award-winner Jamie Foxx, and other celebrity supporters. The PSAs, aimed at increasing donations, volunteerism and alumni re-engagement, will air nationally on cable TV stations as part of Big Brothers Big Sisters' national partnership with Comcast Corporation. (Logo:...
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Brothers Big Sisters has launched a nationwide campaign to locate and reunite with former Bigs, Littles, donors and staff, board and family members. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130206/PH55558 ) The reunion effort is an extension of Start Something®, a national initiative Big Brothers Big Sisters unveiled two years ago in partnership with the Ad Council. The effort invites all adults - not just volunteers -- to...
CLINTON, N.J., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Central New Jersey's Mint Advertising has recently announced a pro bono partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City (BBBS of NYC), a non-profit mentoring organization with a vision to help all NYC children achieve success in life. Mint's pro bono work will center on updating integrated marketing materials for BBBS of NYC to ensure a consistency of voice, style and messaging. While Mint's projects for the non-profit...
WILTON, Conn., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Beiersdorf Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Beiersdorf AG, a leading global skincare company based in Hamburg, Germany, announced today a consumer awareness and fundraising initiative to support National Mentoring Month. Currently, Beiersdorf has an employee-led, work-based mentoring program focused on supporting youth in the local community. In recognition of National Mentoring Month, the company in partnership with Big Brothers Big...
BOSTON, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Boston might be frosty outside but on Saturday, February 9, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay will bring the heat back to the Hub with Big Night 2013. Held at the legendary House of Blues, Big Night will feature live performances by two of the music industry's most electric stars - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Guests can catch the live acts up close and personal and enjoy dinner prepared...
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is creating "one million moments of mentoring" through holiday gift card sale donations to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and wardrobe makeovers for some of the national mentoring organization's most deserving teen and tween mentees. Of every gift card sold from December 1 - December 24, $.15 -- up to $150,000 -- will go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. In addition,...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Wolf Lodge resorts and HGTV design expert, Carter Oosterhouse, have kicked off a delicious partnership to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters this holiday season. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121129/PH21113 ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110613/PH17540LOGO ) Carter collaborated with Great Wolf Lodge and put his design expertise to work on his sweetest renovation project to date - a LIFE-SIZE GINGERBREAD...
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EMI gospel recording artist, VaShawn Mitchell is a two-time Grammy nominated, six-time Stellar award winner, composer, philanthropist, motivational speaker and founder of The Norman Youth Arts Foundation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121018/PH95524 ) With the release of his latest CD "Created 4 This," Mitchell will partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring Brothers in Action to nationally recruit more African...
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is launching LatinoBigs.org, the nation's first bilingual website focused on one-to-one long-term youth mentoring services. The website will feature and engage Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors and mentees; families, supporters and donors. "With the launch of LatinoBigs.org, we celebrate progress we have made in employing culturally...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Expertus, a global provider of next-gen, cloud-based learning systems and strategies, today announced the results from its ExpertusONE(TM) LMS Big Brothers Big Sisters pilot program. The first stage in a three-year contract to provide learning management technology and services to 630,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters employees, volunteer mentors, mentees and families nationwide, found 84 percent of program learning participants reported a...
