Hello friends and supporters, welcome to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland Home page informing you of our objective:

Big Brothers Big Sisters pairs a child at risk with a role model and starts something incredible – a one-to-one relationship built on trust and friendship that can blossom into a future of unlimited potential… Because the children who have someone to confide in and to look up to, do better in school at home and at a time in their lives when even small choices can change the course of their future! The “Littles”, as they are known, are also more likely to avoid violence and substance abuse.

Quick Facts:

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County

Impacting Children in need for life…

Here’s the proof:

Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring Program is now considered one of the model substance abuse prevention programs by the Federal Government and New York State as per its OASAS Workplan due to rigorous standards of practice when compared with other current mentoring programs that give preference to more casual youth-mentor relationships which require far less screening and training and do not necessarily have prescribed standards regarding participant investment, and may not involve intense and rigorous relationship supervision.

National research has shown that positive relationships between Littles and their Bigs have a direct and measurable impact on children’s lives.

By participating in our programs, Little Brothers and Sisters are:

• more confident in their schoolwork performance
• able to get along better with their families
• 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
• 27% less likely to begin using alcohol
• 52% less likely to skip school