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Every summer we have our Lighting the Future Summer Reading Challenge. We provide FREE books to our matches at our office all summer long. Please see flyer below for challenge details. Download Reading Log

2022 is halfway over, read what we have been doing in our community.

Read our end of the year annual appeal newsletter to learn about current events and initiatives.

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2021 was our most successful Big Give ever. We couldn’t be more happy to report on our success and thank our donors.

Halfway through 2021, read about what’s been going on in our organization. 

In both our professional and personal lives, we have all been shaped by the mentors in our lives who have helped us become the people we are today. Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) is launching a Thank Your Mentor Campaign to help promote the awareness of the crucial role that mentoring plays in growing up … Continued

2020 was a challenging year, but our staff responded with resilience and innovation. Read how we ensured our mission was fulfilled in the pandemic.

Today and Everyday we appreciate the families that come to us for support for themselves and their children.  We do our best to create and support strong mentoring relationships.  Every year we reach out to parents to ask them how we are doing by giving them the opportunity to nominate a mentor for the Volunteer … Continued

By President & CEO, Denise Barkhurst When we reopen our offices on June 8th, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas will have been closed for 85 days. That’s nearly a quarter of the year! A quarter of the year that we have been unable to provide over half of our services.  We are excited to … Continued