The Community Spotlight has teamed up with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas to highlight Child Mentoring this month. Listen to segments below. For more: bbbsnwa.org.
bbbs_poverty_effects_on_youth_web.mp3
Sarah Van Vleck talks about the role of poverty on youth in NWA.
bbbs_comm_vs_site_based_services_web.mp3
Executive Director of BBBSNWA - Sarah Heimer - talks about the differences between Community and 'Site Based' services.
bbbs_lil_billy_and_big_jack_web.mp3
In this segment we hear from a "little" - Billy - and his "big" mentor - Jack.
bbbs_halberg_family_web.mp3
We meet the Halbergs - a local 'big family'.
bbbs_big_families_web.mp3
Sarah Van Vleck describes the importance of not only single mentors, but 'big families' as well.
bbbs_single_parent_stats_in_nwa_web.mp3
Sarah Van Vleck with single-parent children stats in NWA.
bbbs_becoming_a_big_web.mp3
Sarah Heimer details the steps to becoming a 'Big' for a child in NWA.
