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Portland, Oregon (February 16, 2012) School-Based Big Brother Aubre Dickson speaks to The Portland Tribune about the need for men of color to mentor the young men in our community. |
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Portland, Oregon (February 6, 2012) The Boeing Employees Community Fund donates $5,894 in support of the Baltazar Ortiz Mentoring Initiative which pairs Latino teens with Latino youth in the 3rd through 6th grades. To provide mentoring to children in Clackamas County, The Hoover Family Foundation donates $7,500. The Renaissance Foundation donates $5,000 to provide mentoring to children in foster care. Both the Joseph Weston Family and the Templeton Foundation each donate $10,000 for general operating support. |
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Beaverton, Oregon (February 4, 2012) A great Saturday for our volunteers and children thanks to the Nike Black Employee and Friends Network. The 2012 Nike Day of Service ended with our Little Brothers and Sisters getting a pair of Nike shoes. Our children will remember this experience for a lifetime. |
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Portland, Oregon (January 30, 2012) This year — and for years to come, the African American Advisory Board will celebrate success by presenting the Evening of Impact Awards to those individuals and partners who’ve had life-changing impact in the African American community. |
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Portland, Oregon (December, 2011) The 2011 Big Brothers Big Sisters winter newsletter is here! The 2011 Big Brothers Big Sisters winter newsletter is here! In this issue: the Start Something Breakfast; Dear Santa; the Willamette Week Give!Guide; Hurricane Audrey; our first breakfast event in Cowlitz County; and Does my Little really need me? |
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Portland, Oregon (November 7, 2011) The 2011 Big Brothers Big Sisters fall newsletter is here! In this issue: the Willamette Week Give!Guide, the Start Something breakfast, Sports Buddies, Beyond School Walls, the annual picnic, meet the fund development team and a match story. Enjoy! |
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Portland, Oregon (November 3, 2011) One thousand guests will have the opportunity to hear from Governor John Kitzhaber, Nike V.P. Tim Hershey, Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson and former Portland Trail Blazer Terry Porter — who will share his experience as a Big Brother, in celebration of Big Brothers Big Sisters in providing children life-changing volunteer mentors. Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest will host the 9th annual Start Something Breakfast on Thursday, November 17, 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at the Oregon Convention Center. |
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Portland, Oregon (September 7, 2011) Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest is the beneficiary of $10,000 from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund for the Baltazar Ortiz Community Mentoring Initiative (BOCMI). The initiative is a new site-based, culturally-specific mentoring and service learning model that directly benefits 40 Latino youth: 20 children in 3rd – 6th grades and 20 teenagers in 10th – 12th grades. The initiative provides at-risk Latino elementary school students with culturally-specific mentoring from Latino teens. This is a year-round mentoring program with recreational and educational activities scheduled during the summer months to foster long-lasting relationships and keep both teens and children engaged. |
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Portland, Oregon (August 1, 2011) Retired NFL coach Tony Dungy visits Big Brothers Big Sisters partner, The Mentoring Project, to help recruit more mentors (The Oregonian). |
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Portland, Oregon (July 18, 2011) The PGE Foundation donates $5,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters to support the agency's School-Based Mentoring Program in the Portland area. The School-Based Mentoring Program provides one-to-one mentoring for at-risk children in 1st through 8th grades who attend Title 1 schools, helping them stay in school and improve their academic achievement. |
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Portland, Oregon (July 18, 2011) The Swigert Foundation donates $5,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters to provide continuation of services for five children with an incarcerated parent. |
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Portland, Oregon (July 8, 2011) Nike dedicates nearly half a million to Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest. Donated funds benefit the agency’s African American Mentoring and Sports Buddies programs. more... |
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Longview, Washington (June 20, 2011) Longview Big Brother John Palmer is highlighted with Little Brother Skyler to promote the Cowlitz County Bowl For Kids' Sake event (The Columbia River Reader). |
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Portland, Oregon (June 19, 2011) The Portland Timbers offered fans the chance to bowl with their favorite MLS Timbers in the 2011 Bowl For a Goal event. Funds raised benefited Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest (The Oregonian). |
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Longview, Washington (June 11, 2011) Comcast and Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest partake in a Bigs For A Day event in Longview, WA (The Daily News). |
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Portland, Oregon (May 23, 2011) The evening of May 23 was one of celebration for 25 Little Brothers and Sisters. NW Natural provided a stunning setting for the children to receive a plaque and formal announcement that they were receiving a $1,000 $tart $omething College Savings Advantage scholarship through the Oregon Savings Plan. (KGW, KATU) |
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Longview, Washington (May 18, 2011) Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest is the recipient of a $5,000 grant from the Cowlitz County Community Fund of the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington, to mentor at-risk youth in Longview. |
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Fairview, Oregon (May 6, 2011) Jeff Anderson, Big Brothers Big Sisters supporter, rides across the United States this summer to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (The Oregonian, The Outlook). |
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Portland, Oregon (May 6, 2011) Aaron Douglas, Big Brother and Ambassador Board member, earns the Multnomah County Hilltop Award (Oregon Legal Journal, The Portland Business Journal). |
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Portland, Oregon (April 22, 2011) Special thanks to the employees at the NE 69th and Sandy Safeway! The group donated $5,000 to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Sports Buddies program. |
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Portland, Oregon (April 22, 2011) Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest is awarded a $3,000 grant from the Pacific Power Foundation for the agency's Sports Buddies program. |
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Portland, Oregon (February 25, 2011) Big Brother Bob Kessi is joined by Little Brother Juwan, and Juwan's mother Melissa, to discuss their eight year match (KATU). |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest provides children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. The agency serves Clackamas, Clark, Cowlitz, Marion, Multnomah, Skamania, Wahkiakum and Washington counties. In 2011, Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest supported 2,551 children — and the volunteer mentors who serve them, making it the largest Big Brothers Big Sisters agency on the west coast and 8th largest nationwide.
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