Enrolling Your Child
If you are a parent or guardian and are interested
in enrolling your child as a "Little"
in our one-to-one mentoring program, please complete
the application below and mail to:
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County,
535 East Franklin Street,
Trenton, NJ 08610-5313
Upon
receipt of your application, you will be contacted
by a Case Manager who will advise you of the next
steps. If an appropriate adult volunteer is available
and your child is accepted into the program, the
process from acceptance to match can take anywhere
from 2 weeks to 6 months.
Volunteers
are carefully and thoroughly screened, and matches
are made to bring together the needs of the child
and the skills, abilities and interests of the adult.
Children must be between the ages of 6 and 14. Both
the child and volunteer are asked to commit to one
year, and commit to seeing each other on a regular
basis.
The
parent/guardian in the community program must meet
the volunteer and give his/her approval and consent
to the mentoring relationship. Each match is assigned
a professional Case Manager who works closely with
the volunteer, child and parent/guardian throughout
the child's participation in the program to provide
guidance and support.
Once
enrolled in the program, Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Mercer County has a variety of support programs
and events for participants.
To
apply to enroll your child in the program:
Click
here to download Child Application Form
(File
is in Microsoft Word .doc format)
