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GREENVILLE, S.C., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Six-time Stellar Award-winner and GRAMMY(® )Award-nominated gospel recording artist VaShawn Mitchell is set to perform at Spartanburg, South Carolina's 35(th) annual spring fling on Sunday, May 5. Mitchell will perform at 4:00 p.m. on the FBS MainStage near Denny's Plaza in downtown Spartanburg. Spartanburg Spring Fling is one of the Upstate's largest outdoor festivals. Thousands attend for a weekend filled with music, food, art,...
Powerful film about a returning veteran and a lost boy who become one another's last shot at redemption premieres May 3 on VOD; July 2 on DVD PHILADELPHIA, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing and appreciating the similarities between the mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters and the theme of the acclaimed film, LEAST AMONG SAINTS, the national mentoring organization is partnering with the film's producers, Papazian Hirsch Entertainment, on a number of initiatives timed to the...
PHILADELPHIA, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of a new national partnership, Clear Channel Communities(TM), the community engagement brand of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, is launching a campaign to help Big Brothers Big Sisters change the lives of kids facing adversity across America. The public service campaign is an extension of Start Something®, an initiative the nationwide mentoring organization unveiled two years ago with the Ad Council. (Logo:...
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Brothers Big Sisters is among four charity beneficiaries of State Farm All-Star Saturday Night. NBA Cares and State Farm will make a joint donation of $500,000, with $350,000 going to the winning Conference choice charities and the runner-up Conference charities sharing $150,000. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110613/PH17540LOGO ) The Eastern Conference team will play for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and...
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...
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,...
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wendy R. Fleishman of the national plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP announced that Tiffany Littles, 33, of Jacksonville, Florida, filed a personal injury lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for severe and lasting injuries caused by Bayer's birth control drug Yaz. Littles' complaint charges that Yaz is a dangerous prescription drug sold without adequate warnings about the risk of serious injuries....
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Buzz about the Participant Media film, "Waiting for Superman," to be released this fall, is energizing parents, educators, child advocates, policy makers and others to take action to improve the odds that children will succeed in our nation's schools. Big Brothers Big Sisters advocates for quality mentoring as part of the solution. Waiting for Superman examines challenges within the nation's school system and raises questions about limited options...
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Brothers Big Sisters is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by recognizing "Bigs," "Littles," families, staff and supporters who make their Hispanic Mentoring programs successful. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100913/PH62038 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100913/PH62038 ) Big Brothers Big Sisters, the nation's largest donor-supported network of volunteer mentors for youth, carefully makes and supports mentoring...
PHILADELPHIA, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors to the 11 Great Wolf Lodge resorts throughout North America set a Guinness World Record during a "World's Largest Waterslide-athon," event, raising more than $125,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters in the process. The Waterslide-athon held March 26-27 attracted more than 45,000 participants who slid a combined total of 3,593 miles, approximately the distance across the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe. This distance has been...
