News and Updates

Match Makers

By becoming a monthly donor, you will join Match Makers and enter into your own unique relationship with BBBS. For this inaugural program, our goal is to sign up 100 individual monthly donors. Will you help us reach this milestone goal?

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Press Coverage From Our South Side Office Opening

We were featured in many local outlets such as the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ, and WBBM, and you can read some of the coverage below.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Chicago Opens First Regional Office on South Side

This week, BBBSMC officially opened its doors to our South Side office, celebrating with a ribbon cutting ceremony at our new location in Englewood. The new office on the corner of 63rd and Halsted will be a much-needed presence in a community where the majority of our waitlisted youth reside.

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Live Big: Celebrating Sisterhood

To ring in International Women’s Day, we celebrated our 5th Annual Live BIG event, bringing together female matches and Chicagoland professionals at the Woman's Athletic Club - the first athletic club for women in America.

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The Mark You Made in 2018

We’ve reached many milestones over the past year, with a record number of children matched and 100% of our high school seniors graduating. Read our 2018 wrap up and learn more about how we are making meaningful change here. Read More