It’s a heartbreaking fact. Although thousands of boys and girls in our communities are living below the poverty line, we have the resources to serve only about 300 of them. These children have no access to the lifelines we offer, such as our:
• Unique one-on-one mentoring program
• After-school tutorials
• Emergency assistance fund
• Tuesday night basketball games at the Haverstraw Community Center
And these are just a few of our frontline efforts. These are crucial services that these children desperately need, but we have stretched our funding as far as it will go. That’s why we are turning to you for help.
With your charitable support, we can bring even more young people from impoverished, single-family homes into the fold – and expand our emergency fund to meet the new challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Besides the basic everyday necessities, many children don’t have digital devices or even internet service. As a result, they can’t connect to online remote classes offered by their schools or to the social services that can help their families through these trying times. So, a portion of the money we raise will help connect these children to these lifelines.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Rockland County has always been about connecting. It’s in our DNA. And now, we need you more than ever to help us make those connections. Your contributions will mean the world to these children, literally. And of course, your donations are tax-deductible.
Even after the pandemic passes, the needs of these children will still be there. Please help them by giving what you can.
