Less than a week after Big Brothers Big Sisters announced its closing, a significant contribution from an anonymous local donor came in. This investment will allow BBBS to keep its doors open and continue to offer support services to all 114 of its existing matches and to accept new matches. In addition, all current staff will be retained.
“The CYDC board has graciously accepted this generous financial investment in the future of children in the Lowcountry”, said CEO of CYDC, Barbara Kelley-Duncan, “We are so pleased and grateful to be able to continue providing these much-needed services to families and their children. It was our hope that a donor would come forward and help save this critical program, which is the only one of its kind in the tri-county area.”
BBBS is a national program that provides children who are facing adversity with one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better. According to a national study, after 18 months of spending time with their Bigs, compared to children not in the program, Littles are 46 percent less likely to begin using illegal drugs, 52 percent are less likely to skip school, and are more confident of their performance in their schoolwork.
David Santos, Chair of CYDC Board of Directors said that while the generous offer allows the program to be continued, he urged the community to support them as they develop a long-term funding plan to ensure long-term sustainability of the program.
“The CYDC board has graciously accepted this generous financial investment in the future of children in the Lowcountry”, said CEO of CYDC, Barbara Kelley-Duncan, “We are so pleased and grateful to be able to continue providing these much-needed services to families and their children. It was our hope that a donor would come forward and help save this critical program, which is the only one of its kind in the tri-county area.”
BBBS is a national program that provides children who are facing adversity with one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better. According to a national study, after 18 months of spending time with their Bigs, compared to children not in the program, Littles are 46 percent less likely to begin using illegal drugs, 52 percent are less likely to skip school, and are more confident of their performance in their schoolwork.
David Santos, Chair of CYDC Board of Directors said that while the generous offer allows the program to be continued, he urged the community to support them as they develop a long-term funding plan to ensure long-term sustainability of the program.
