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BANGOR – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine hosted Bigs, Littles and their families at its annual program celebration Jan. 28, at Bangor Boys & Girls Club. Matches from Androscoggin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Penobscot, Somerset and Waldo counties enjoyed a Winter Carnival with games, refreshments, indoor bounce house and an awards ceremony recognizing distinguished community and site-based matches and volunteer coordinators.
Big Brothers Big Sisters helps kids facing adversity by providing professionally-supported, one-to-one mentoring programs throughout its seven-county service area. The event brought together Littles and Bigs to celebrate program success, community support and the agency’s 700 youth served this year.
Big Brothers Big Sisters recognized these 2017 award recipients:
“NEVER MISS LIFE AWARD” named in memory of Little Sister Jessica Breault — Gilliad Munden & Austyn Wilmot (Knox County)
COMMUNITY-BASED MATCH OF THE YEAR AWARDS — Jaclyn Stratton & Alana Fancy, Tabitha Fillion & Ally Beeman (both from Knox County)
SCHOOL-BASED MATCH OF THE YEAR AWARDS — Sydney Costa & Trystan Mitchell (Penobscot County), Marlys Rietdyk & Kyle Van Doren Crooker (Kennebec County), Kaitlyn Woods & Kalona Sanborn (Penobscot County)
SCHOOL-BASED COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD — Ian Palmer (Bangor Boys & Girls Club) and Keith Marino (Lincoln Central School)
In all, 27 community and school-based matches were celebrated for reaching anniversary milestones and being matched between three and 10 years through Big Brothers Big Sisters.
The event was sponsored by BBBS community partners at Bangor Boys & Girls Club, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Shaw’s Supermarket, Bangor Mall Cinemas 10, Midcoast Recreation Center and Camden National Bank with activity donations from Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta and Mount Merici Academy, Waterville.
To learn more about changing a child’s life as a volunteer or donor, call Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine at 236-2227, email info@bbbsmidmaine.org, or visit www.bbbsmidmaine.org
CAPTION: Little Sister Destinee and her Big Sister Valerie King (Kennebec County) are among hundreds of matches served in seven counties by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine. Val and Destinee are also big supporters, raising funds for the program that support their match at the annual BBBS Bowl for Kids’ Sake, coming this Spring!
