We cannot go forward without your help!  Your gift today will help make sure we continue the One-To-One Mentoring program of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois.  It has been proven that the program impacts positively on children's school attendance and academic performance, diminishes violent behavior, and delays the use of drugs and alcohol.

Your donations are important to us.  They help us continue to serve the youth of our areas.  If you are interested in making a donation, please contact the agency using one of the phone numbers to the left.  From there, you will be directed to the director of Fund Development who will be more than happy to help you with your donation.  Thank you for your generosity!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois is a non-profit agency serving all of Adams, Brown & Schuyler, Cass and Morgan Counties.  In order to carry out our mission of providing quality youth mentoring services such as our one-to-one matching and school-based programs, we are dependent on the financial support of the communities we serve.  Your donation support is important to us and will help to reach many more children and change more lives and continue serving the youth of our area.  Your support helps us pay for:

   t  The recruitment and training of a "Big" volunteer
   t  The matching process of a child in need of a caring adult
   t  Ongoing supervision and support of the match
   t  Provide social activities and programs to enrich the lives and
        opportunities for the child in our programs
         

Other Ways to Contribute to the Life of a Child:

Memorials:  Giving a gift in memory of or in honor of someone serves a two-fold purpose.  Not only do you commemorate and honor someone, but you also help contribute to changing a child’s life for the better.  All memorial and honor gifts will be acknowledged through a personal note and are tax-deductible.

Bequests & Planned Giving:  A planned gift allows a donor to contribute to BBBS over a period of years or as part of an estate plan.  Properly designed, it can generate a charitable income tax deduction.  It can be designated for a specific purpose or provide unrestricted support for BBBS’s mission-directed activities.  These gifts are made in the form of trusts, bequests or endowments.

In-Kind Gifts:  Non-monetary gifts from individuals, businesses, etc.  In-Kind donations include goods and services.

Bowl For Kids’ Sake:  Bowl in our annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake event.  This is our largest yearly fundraiser.  Be a team captain and coordinate 4 or 5 people to bowl and have a great time!.  Or you can sponsor a bowler, donate lane prizes, or be a major sponsor.

Golf Outing:  Form a 4-person team and have fun golfing with your friends!  Or how about having your business be a Hole Sponsor.  Your business name will represent one of the holes and be recognized on the sponsor board and in the newspaper.  Hole and Door prizes are also needed.

Volunteer to serve on our Board of Directors or one of the Advisory Councils or Committees, or help out at one of our special events or one of our monthly Big and Little activities.

Recruit family members, friends and co-workers to get involved in supporting the children of your community.

Contributions to Big & Little Matches:  Volunteer as a Big to be matched with one of our Littles, donate tickets to sports, cultural and entertainment events, donate gift certificates, or sponsor one of our monthly activities. Your contribution in any way, shape or form is appreciated.  It is only through community involvement in so many ways that we are able to maintain the quality and integrity of our programs and services.

TAX STATUS:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois is a non-profit corporation, which is classified by the IRS as exempt under the IRS Section 501(c)(3).  Therefore, donations from individuals and corporations, as well as grants from private foundations, qualify for maximum tax benefits allowable by the IRS.  Each donor should seek the advise of his or her own professional tax advisor.  Big Brothers Big Sisters has a Fund Developmental Director that will be happy to assist donors and advisors in structuring their gifts.

Most gifts of cash to BBBS are fully deductible for donors who itemize their federal income tax returns.  Thank you for supporting the work of Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois and bringing a little magic into our communities he advice of his or her own professional tax advisor.  BBBS’s Fund Development Director will be happy to assist donors and advisors in structuring their gifts.