We're excited to share Nate and Evan's story! Six months ago, Evan and Nate were matched. As winter set in, Evan found it challenging to plan engaging activities for them. However, he remained optimistic, especially since Nate had expressed interest in hiking once the weather improved.

With the arrival of spring, their shared enthusiasm for the outdoors blossomed. Recently, they achieved a significant milestone together by hiking Mount Wachusett. 

This was Nate's first mountain hike! Though the ascent was demanding, with moments of fatigue, both he and Evan found the experience rewarding. Evan observed Nate's pride upon reaching the summit and appreciated his awe at the view they had earned.

On their way back home, Nate asked Evan about other mountains they could hike together. Evan, an avid hiker with aspirations to summit New Hampshire's 48 peaks over 4,000 feet, was thrilled by Nate's interest.

We hope Nate and Evan continue to have fun and achieve more important milestones like this!

After the Worcester Chamber of Commerce honored us with the Non-profit of the Year award, we did some thinking about what that means to us and to the community—and we came to the conclusion that Worcester, with its love and support for the people who live here, is a non-profit town.

Interested in learning why? Read more here.

From June 9th through June 12th, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America hosted their annual National Conference! Our CEO, Connie Askin, went to represent our agency and to accept the Growth Award.

Connie also participated in the "Getting your Board on Board with Advocacy" panel as a panelist, sharing her wisdom with other attendees at the Conference!

As the schoolyear wraps up, we want to give a big thank you to United Way of South Central Mass for supporting our High School Bigs Program. Thanks to them, we were able to pair up high school students with Littles quickly approaching their first years of high school, allowing for them to make early connections and boost their confidence as they transition into this new period in their lives.

This September, we are participating in the Paint the Town Green campaign! From September 14th to the 20th, we are turning all of Central Mass and MetroWest Electric Green to spread the word about our mission and connect more Littles and Bigs than we could ever imagine! Prepare for fun events, free merch, and much more as we make it to September?

Interested? Visit BigsCM.org/PTTG for more info!