Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay

for more than 40 years big brothers big sisters of the north bay has helped over 25,000 at-risk youth beat the odds by providing them with professionally supported, caring adult mentors that change their lives for the better, forever in marin, sonoma, napa & solano counties. **voted #1 nonprofit for at-risk youth by guidestar's philanthropedia** **listed on the social impact exchange website, an index of the 100 nonprofits creating high social impact** one-to-one mentoring works | research shows that youth in our program are/have: *52% less likely to skip school *46% less likely to begin using drugs *33% less likely to hit someone *27% less likely to begin using alcohol *4x fewer teen pregnancies *4x fewer arrests we currently have ~160 youth waiting for a mentor (75% are boys). it costs $1,800/yr to screen, train, and professionally counsel each match. it is far less costly to society to help these kids now than to pay for unemployment, rehabilitation, or incarceration later. start so