In the News

What an afternoon we had celebrating Halloween! As a consequence, all of us at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County should like to thank the Old Stone Church in Upper Saddle River for its generosity in hosting our Halloween Party this year and to the many volunteers who made the occasion super wonderful! The Bigs and Littles enjoyed drinking the delicious green “Witches Brew” soda, eating scrumptious cookies and snacks, decorating the pumpkins, [...]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County should like to thank the town of Spring Valley for inviting us to attend Spring Valley Day on Saturday, September 2nd. Sincere gratitude is extended to our loyal volunteer Maria, as well as a Little Sister in our 1-to-1 program, Neveah, and her mother Lashannon, for representing our organization !!

Left to Right: Dwindell Feeley, Project Manager BBBS of RC; Denise Spar, Coordinator of The Backpacks Foundation; Juhi Pandya, Girl Scout Troop 4316 Volunteer & Sarah Arras, Program Supervisor BBBS of RC  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County should like to thank Denise Spar, Coordinator of The Backpacks Foundation and Juhi Pandya, a young lady who is pursuing the Silver Award for Girl Scouts Troop 4316, for providing 35 children in our 1-to-1 [...]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland extends heartfelt appreciation to the National Council of Jewish Women for providing camp scholarship opportunities to several Littles (mentees) participating in our 1-to-1 community mentoring program. The chance for these children to attend summer camp gave them a summer that they will never, ever forget! Thank you, Niki Plaut from the National Council of Jewish Woman for coordinating the scholarships and for your continued support of Big Brothers [...]

Left to Right: Asst. Manager Cathy Martin; Program Supervisor Sarah Arras; TFS Employee Alexandra Berrios Thank you to The Filling Station in Haverstraw and the owner Steve Galanis for hosting a Fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County on July 28th, 2017.  The Filling Station donated 10% of the days proceeds of the event back to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland.  Thank you to our local merchants for supporting our cause [...]

Big Sister, Colleen and Little Sister, Richely, have just celebrated their 3 year match anniversary!! To celebrate, they went to eat pizza and then to the movies afterwards! The two saw Wonder Woman and they really enjoyed themselves !! Our Big Brothers Big Sisters organization wishes to give a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to them both on their anniversary and we look forward to hearing about other wonderful match activities!

Big Brother Ryan teaches his Little Brother Matthew how to change a car tire. They have done activities such as driving Go-Karts at the Palisades Mall and going to a Brooklyn Nets game! It is so rewarding seeing Bigs teaching their Littles skills that they can use throughout their lives!!

L to R: BBBS Board Member, Scott Millich; BBBS Program Supervisor, Sarah Arras; BBBS Board Member, Teresa Faherty; BBBS President/CEO, Gillian Ballard; Verizon Fios 1 Reporter, Christine Persichette; and BBBS Project Manager, Dwindell Feeley. Yay! We had a GREAT turnout for our 7th Annual Golf Outing this year and should like thank everybody that came out to golf in support of our organization as well as our mission. An exceptional thank you to all of [...]

"Hungry Golfers" enjoying lunch at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland's 2017 Golf Classic. Thank you Spook Rock and the Chalet for making this day such a great event.

2017 Graduates of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program were honored by the Rockland County Legislature. Pictured (left to right) is Chairman of the Legislature, Toney L. Earl, BBBS CEO, Gillian Ballard, Legislator Aney Paul (Deputy Majority Leader) and Legislator Harriet Cornell. Little Brother Joseph and his Big Sister, Margie, Little Sister Shereese and her Big Sister, Diome, and BBBS Board Chairman Hon. Scott B. Ugell. Legislator Harriet Cornell Honors Big Brothers Big Sisters' [...]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County should like to thank Andrew and Beatrice from Key Bank, Orangeburg, for volunteering in Key Bank's  2017 Neighbors Make the Difference Day on May 24th by coming into our office and help prepare for our 7th Annual Golf Classic. We so very much appreciate all your help and diligence !!!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County should like to thank Kevin Hogan from Seats of Dreams for providing tickets to Big Brother, Joby and Little Brother, Anthony, participants in our 1 - 1 community mentoring program, for an opportunity to attend the Yankees game on Tuesday, June 6th. Big Brother Joby said Anthony had a fabulous time!