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M E S S A G E F R O M O U R P R E S I D E N T E M I L Y V I L L E N E U V E

Board President

Emily Villeneuve

Board Vice-President

Paul Willets

Board Treasurer

Michel Collette

Board Secretaries

Timon LeDain

Cindy McGann

Members at Large

Mitchell Carkner

Carl H. Cartwright

Michael Foster

Mitchell Kutney

Norah Marsh

Dr. Rana Pishva

Jamie Puddicombe

Michael Qaqish

Jessica Ripley

2 0 1 9 B B B S O B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

In 2019, the new BBBSO Strategic Plan was put into action, representing a

collaborative effort amongst the BBBSO staff, Executive Director and Board of

Directors. The Strategic Plan will help to guide us over the next five years and

advance BBBSO’s mission and values. This new Strategic Plan has allowed BBBSO the

flexibility to respond to our community’s ever-changing needs and have an even

greater impact by expanding our reach. It was an exciting year and certainly marked

one of strategic growth and development on a number of important fronts,

including continuing to build upon our valued partnerships and discovering new

ones, brand recognition, stakeholder engagement and corporate sponsorships.

The 2019 fundraising events were a great success, bringing members of our

community together and celebrating the value of mentorship. BBBSO also continued

to grow our social enterprise initiative, Clothes for Kids’ Sake, by placing more bins

throughout the city and launching door-to-door collection.

As 2020 approached, BBBSO was excited to build on the momentum of 2019 and

celebrate a monumental milestone — 50 years of helping local young people reach

their full potential. A number of community events were planned throughout 2020

to highlight BBBSO, the value of mentorship and the youth we serve, and to

celebrate alongside our donors, supporters and partners. Unfortunately, no one

could have predicted an unprecedented pandemic resulting in the cancellation of

vital fundraising and community recognition events such as our Big Shout Out 50th

Anniversary Dinner and Awards Ceremony or the Henry Burris All-Star Charity Golf

Tournament and Kids’ Camp. While the celebration of this amazing organization and

the important work it does in our community has not gone as planned and this is of

course disappointing for all of us, it just means that we need to do things differently

and think outside the box.

I have no doubt that with the leadership of Executive Director, Susan Ingram and

committed Board of Directors along with the continued support of our funders,

donors, sponsors, champions, and hardworking staff members, BBBSO will come out

of this even stronger. We will continue to make great strides in carrying out our

Strategic Plan by rising to the challenge. We will be innovative, creative and adaptive

in the ways we serve youth, families and the community —laying the strategic

groundwork and paving the way for another successful 50 years.

O U R I M P A C T Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) is a recognized leader in the mentoring movement, providing mentoring

programs to vulnerable young people in Ottawa for 49 years and Renfrew County for 4 years. In that time,

thousands of Ottawa and area children and youth have been placed in life-changing relationships.

Listed in

Financial

Post’s Top 25

Charities of

2019

Accredited by

Imagine

Canada

R E P U T A B L E A N D

A C C O U N TA B L E

2 Local

Agencies

20+ Ottawa

Wards Served

7 Renfrew

County

Municipalities

Served

S E R V I N G

C O M M U N I T I E S

649+ Current Volunteer Mentors

902+ Young People Mentored

1 Person Needed to Change a Life

C H A N G I N G

L I V E S

2 0 1 9 H I G H L I G H T S

P R O G R A M S U M M A R Y AGE 6-14—Each Little is matched with a consistent and supportive adult mentor. Through regular outings each week, a meaningful relationship develops between the Big and Little – empowering and igniting the young person’s full potential. Matches also have access to BBBSO quarterly group events and receive tickets to events through our generous donors.

AGE 15-24—Each youth receives a supportive adult mentor who encourages and empowers them to identify their strengths, explore their passions and achieve their goals, as they transition into becoming adults. Matches spend 8 hours per month connecting with one another, and have access to quarterly BBBSO group events and career readiness workshops.

Elementary school students are paired with mentors 18+ who visit them for one hour each week during school hours. Matches spend time together on school grounds helping students build confidence through engaging activities. This model is also offered to high school and college students as a CO-OP program.

Conversation Club is a weekly after-school group program for newcomer youth (12-18 years old) to Canada. Youth build connections among the group, share their immigration experiences, practice English conversation and presentation skills, receive homework help and learn about Canada.

Go Girls! and Game On! are group programs led by two mentors and focused on physical activity, healthy living and increasing self-esteem. Seven-week sessions take place in the school gymnasium during school hours.

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M E N T O R E D Y O U T H

C H I L D R E N M E N -T O R E D

M E N T O R I N G O U T C O M E S

A 2013 study by the Boston Consulting Group found that young people who were mentored in a BBBS 1:1 program were more successful, happier and healthier than those who did not receive mentorship.

Due to higher lifetime incomes, healthier lifestyles and increased community involvement, the study found that for every $1 invested in

BBBS mentoring programs, $18 was returned to society and $23 for those in the most economically disadvantaged groups.

63% Have

post-secondary

education

17% More likely

to be

employed

81% Report

financial

literacy

47% Hold senior

leadership

positions

96% Say they

feel confident

and happy

98% Believe they

make good

life choices

80% Pursue

healthy

lifestyles

87% Have strong

social net-works

13% More likely

to donate

to charity

13% Higher earning

($315K higher

over lifetime)

50% More likely to

volunteer

30% More time

volunteering

S O C I A L E N T E R P R I S E

Environmental Benefit

Keep clothing and accessories out of landfills

Community Benefit

Your gently used items ignite potential in young people

Individual Benefit

Clearing out your clutter

sparks real change for a

win-win proposition

Thanks to our community partnerships, each pound of clothing donated to one of our purple bins generates income for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa.

Funds raised through our Clothes For Kids’ Sake program directly support our mentoring programs. That means money generated from your donated clothing helps youth in your very own neighbourhood!

B I G R E A S O N S T O G I V E Littles achieve positive outcomes in life skills

and general well-being. Mentoring helps

kids stay in school, which in turn leads to a

reduction in poverty and unemployment.

A positive role-model goes a long way

towards reducing bullying, which creates

safer schools and neighborhoods. Studies have shown that former Littles will, on average,

earn $315,000 more during the course of their working

lives.

In fact, Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program

participants are also significantly more likely to give

generously to charity or volunteer their time for community

service. And because they’re more likely to earn more, that

puts more dollars back into the community.

FO R E V E RY $ 1 S P E N T O N M E N TO R I N G A YO UT H $ 1 8 – $ 24 I S R E T U R N E D TO S O C I E T Y.

I N D I V I D U A L G I V I N G One time, monthly, in-kind gifts, more!

C O R P O R AT E G I V I N G Sponsorship, donations, volunteering, more!

FUNDRAISING EVENTS All-Star Charity Golf Tournament, Bowl For Kid’s Sake, more!

S O M A N Y WAYS TO G I V E A N D I N G I T E P OT E N T I A L

M E G A M E N T O R S $ 5 , 0 0 0 - $ 9 , 9 9 9

B I G M E N TO RS $ 3 , 0 0 0 - $ 4 , 9 9 9

C O M M U N I T Y S U P P O RT E RS $ 2 , 0 0 0 – $ 3 , 9 9 9

R E L AT I O N S H I P M A K E RS $ 1 , 0 0 0 – $ 1 , 9 9 9

PA RT N E RS $ 5 0 0 - $ 9 9 9

Graham J. Clarke

Ann Cleary Tara Shannon Renaud

Mona & Nav Aggarwal Mary Jane Manley

Westeinde Family

Don Allen Mica Brdar Mitchell Carkner

Linda Graupner Joynt Family Alexandre Lacroix

Michael Laurie Judith Seidman Anonymous Donor

Jon Aitchison Lois Allen Trevor Brown Michel Collette Paul Dubas Ian Gallaway Catherine Ingram Susan Ingram Dianne Laporte Guy Levesque Jason Neubauer Peter Oegema

John Ouellette Adam Smith Emily Villeneuve

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

We a re g ra t e f u l t o t h o s e w h o h a v e l e f t u s a g i f t i n t h e i r w i l l o r w h o h a v e b e e n h o n o u r e d b y l o v e d o n e s

The late M. Lauzon | The late Mr. Jim Morrison | The late Mr. Allistair Williamson

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O T T A W A

Former Bigs, Littles, parents /

guardians of Littles, Board or

Committee Members, Ambassadors,

Executive Directors and staff are

invited to join BBBSO’s Alumni Club.

Reconnect with former Bigs, Littles,

Board Members and staff

Network with other members

Attend the annual BBBSO Alumni Club

event

Receive invitations to BBBSO events

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