Unveiling of Judge Flick’s Photo
L - R: Gillian Ballard, BBBS, CEO and Joel’s widow, Iris. BBBS staff was honored to attend the unveiling of Judge Flick's photo at the Clarkstown Town Court House on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019. The Honorable Joel J. Flick was Chairman of the Board of Directors for over a decade and his sad loss was felt by all.
United Way Day of Caring
L to R: Dana Treacy, President/C.E.O. of United Way; Dwindell Feeley, Program Manager;BBBS., Gillian Ballard, President/C.E.O , BBBS and ConnectOne Bank Employees John Badi, Deborah Fontecchio and Patrice Providence. BBBS extends heartfelt thanks to ConnectOne Bank employees for helping us in our office last week; you completed a massive task and our gratitude knows no bounds! Thank you for getting involved in your community through the United Way Day of Caring. If anyone has four hours a [...]
Little in Lohud Sports!
BBBS of Rockland County congratulates Little Brother Joe, who was mentioned on LoHud Sports about his North Rockland lacrosse team/game (link provided below): Pictured: North Rockland #5- Little Brother Joseph He was also invited to join the Social Studies, Business and English Honor Societies at his school. We are so excited to see where his accomplishments will bring him as we are sure his future is looking very bright! https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/high-school/lohud-boys-lacrosse/2019/04/02/north-rockland-nanuet-luke-morris/3333691002/
Littles becoming Camp Counselors!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County extends HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to three Littles in our 1-to-1 Community Mentoring Program for becoming camp counselors at Deerkill Day Camp this upcoming summer! Little Sister Daphkar, Little Brother Anthony and Little Brother Shawn started out as campers two summers ago through our Camp Scholarship Program. The next summer, they became Counselors in Training which entailed a half day of counselor training, then, half a day of being a camper. The Deerkill Day Camp staff were [...]
Donation from the Eastern Order Star Masons
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland, is indebted toLisa Horton from the Order Eastern Star Masons for stopping by our office right before the holidays - not only to drop off some nice gifts as donations to the families in our 1-to-1 Community Program for Christmas - but also for thinking of us BBBS employees ! Yes, that's right! Lisa completed her distribution task, went across to the local Dunkin Donuts and purchased a [...]
Thank you to Aerco for the Holiday Donations
L to R: Kostas Spiratos (Aerco Design Engineer), Catherine LeClerc (Aerco Development Rotational Partner), Dwindell Feeley ( BBBS Program Manager), Sarah Arras (BBBS Program Supervisor) and Saira Vargas (BBBS Executive Administrator). Big Brothers Big Sisters extends sincere thanks to the Aerco Company located in Blauvelt and two of it's wonderful employees for stopping by our office right before the holidays to drop off some very generous gifts for families in our 1-to-1 Community Program. The support of our program is greatly appreciated and the [...]
Holiday Express Christmas Event
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County extends heartfelt thanks to the Old Stone Church, Upper Saddle River, for hosting the 2019 Holiday Express Christmas Party. A huge shout out to The Friends to Friends Group Home for its sponsorship of the party and a special thank you to Pastor Joanne from Friends to Friends for inviting our Bigs and Littles to enjoy a fantastic party and gifts to go home with! A great time was had by all and proved to [...]
Thanksgiving Bags from the Order Eastern Star Masons!
Thank you to Lisa Horton from the Order Eastern Star Masons for stopping by our office to donate 20 wonderful Thanksgiving bags to families in our program as part of their Embrace Program. BBBS is extremely thankful to be recipients of this donation to help the needy families in our program enjoy a lovely Thanksgiving.
Great Turnout at our Outback Steakhouse Fundraiser!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County held a fundraiser at Outback Steakhouse in the Palisades Mall on Wednesday, October 24th and there was such a fantastic turnout! Good food, good company and a successful event! Thank you to all who joined the BBBS family at Outback in support of sustaining all the BBBS services and a HUGE THANK YOU to Outback Steakhouse for holding this event for us.
Lowey Announces $450,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County
Federal funding will support mentoring for youth impacted by opioids. NEW CITY, NY – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY17/Rockland-Westchester), Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, today announced that Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Rockland County has been awarded $450,000 in federal funding to provide mentoring services for youth impacted by opioids. “The funding announced today will go a long way toward keeping Rockland County youth safe and healthy, strengthening mentoring services for those [...]
Big Brothers Big Sisters receives funding for Needy Family
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County should like to thank John Inzeo from Stony Point Fit Body Boot Camp for stopping by our office today to present us with the check to be given to the recipients of the funds raised from the Boot Camp event. The event was very successful and raised over $800 in proceeds for a family in our 1-to-1 Community Mentoring Program. The family is very grateful for being [...]
