Big Brothers Big Sisters link youth with mentors. Mentors can provide breaks for parents while their children are involved in activities with their mentors. However this is not a babysitting service. Time with the mentors does have to be scheduled in advance. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a mentoring program for children who qualify for the program and are able to commit for at least a year, ages of children in the mentor program are from 6-18

Many relationships between Bigs and Littles fall under our Community-Based programs. This simply means that the community volunteers of Utah meet with their Littles somewhere in the community. Meetings might take place on weeknights or weekends, and include all types of one-to-one outings and activities, such as:

Taking a walk in the park
Working on a school project together at the library
Going to a museum
Listening to music
Hanging out and talking