May 12th, 2023



IN THIS ISSUE:

• GD4K Vote 4 Us!
• End of School Year Mentor2.0 Activities
• Jim Click & Tucson Rotary

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future." — Franklin D. Roosevelt

We are so excited to introduce our newest matches! Congratulations to the Bigs and Littles who are starting this journey together! These new matches join hundreds of other matches in our program to create meaningful & impactful friendships that last!

We are always looking for volunteers to get involved with our program! Are you ready to get started? Are you ready to change a child's life for the better? Excellent!

Don't wait another day to be a part of positive change in the world.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona is honored to be celebrating our 60th Anniversary by hosting:

The Big Diamond Jubilee Gala Dinner & Auction Saturday September 23rd, 2023, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort! 

The BIG Gala has become a "must attend" sold-out event in Tucson. This year we are hosting a Diamond Jubilee, Celebrating 60 years of youth mentoring. The evening will provide great food, drinks, live entertainment and MUCH more!

For information on tickets & sponsorships please contact:

Veronica Saiz at

[email protected] or 520-365-2263

BE A DEFENDER!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona (SoAzBigs) is a proud beneficiary of the Annual El Tour de Tucson! 

This year's event will be hosted Saturday, November 18, 2023. Riding for SoAzBig's Team Defenders is a great way to support our life-changing, one-to-one, mentoring programs while earning your tour entry AND some great prizes.

We have been selected to be a finalist for General Dentistry 4 Kids' Caring4Community donation giveaway and are so excited!

Voting is open through the end of May and we would really appreciate your vote. (You can vote daily!)

First place will be awarded $7,000, second place $2,000 and third place $1,000!

We need your BIG support to help us ignite our youths potential with 1-1 youth mentoring.

Our staff member Valerie and intern Josue were recognized at the Apollo Middle School family fair for all their hard work and dedication this year to the students in the program at Apollo.

Mentor 2.0 needs YOU to STAND WITH US and invest in meaningful interactions with students to help them ignite and harness their own potential- the potential they had all along.

We asked our Mentees & Mentors who are apart of our Mentor 2.0 program at Tucson High

"What do you like best about being matched with your Mentor/Mentee"

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona

[email protected] www.soazbigs.org