January 2023 Edition

Big Brothers Big Sisters is kicking off the new year strong with our National Mentoring Month initiative of recruiting 31 Mentors in 31 Days. We are hosting several events throughout the month to create more awareness around our agency, and we need your help to spread the word! Please share any of our social media posts and encourage your network to get involved with BBBS. We will be posting a variety of match highlights to honor National Mentoring Month, and you might just be featured!

Join us for Pints with a Purpose!

The night includes:

• The release of a new beer
• BBBS staff on site to share our mission with Third Space customers
• 50/50 Raffle
• Bingo and prizes

Thanks to Third Space Brewing, BBBS will receive 20% of sales from release night and 20% of the ongoing sales from the collaboration beer.

Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Initiative

Going into 2023, the JEDI/DEI committee at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee has been busy reviewing the impact and intention of our mission. We have newly revised committee goals for the upcoming year including:

1. Building local relationships with other organizations in the community.
2. Spreading awareness and knowledge of Milwaukee/Southeastern Wisconsin historical content (murals, statues, museums, etc.) relevant to DEI.
3. Incorporating expanded inclusive language.

REACH Recap & Highlights

January is here and we had our first REACH Activity of 2023! Our matches had the opportunity to learn all about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through activities led by the MSOE Lunabotics Space Raiders Team. Thank you to the MSOE students for their wonderful efforts in teaching our Littles about the bright future of STEM and STEM careers!

REACH activities are for our Community based Bigs and Littles to spend time together. Bookmark our REACH page on our website and refresh your page regularly to make sure you have the most up-to-date information. Don't hesitate to reach out to your Match Support Specialist if you need anything. 

February REACH is just around the corner! Check back often to see great ways to spend time with your Little and join us for “Fun with a Purpose”

Big Brothers Big Sisters provides our Community-based matches with a Big Deal Discount Club Membership. We encourage you to explore the community together and enjoy exclusive discounts at businesses in

Milwaukee and Waukesha counties! Visit our website here for the most up-to-date discounts.

Present your membership card to receive the discount. Be sure to thank our partners for supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters. When you visit one of our partners please send us a photo or post on social media. Don’t forget to tag Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee.

New partners: Bigs must present their membership card

Saz’s State House 5539 W. State St., Milwaukee, 53208

Complimentary appetizer with purchase of two entrees/sandwiches.

Purple Door Ice Cream 205 S. 2nd St., Milwaukee, 53204

Buy one get one free single scoop. 

School-based Highlight

Check out some of our School-based locations working on holiday cookie decorating! Our Bigs and Littles have been bringing out their creative side to create some beautiful treats.

Community-based Highlight

One of our Community-based matches, Big Brother Chuck and Little Brother Elijah, got the awesome opportunity to sit courtside at the Marquette Men's Basketball game! Chuck and Elijah were nothing but smiles for their boys' night out at the Fiserv Forum!

Mentor2.0 Highlight

The mentor2.0 team would like to highlight a recent event at Tenor High School! Mentors and mentees spent the night playing a variety of games, worked on schoolwork, and received a visit from our friends at Froedtert to learn about their pharmacy and pharmacy tech programs. We loved to see our mentees very engaged when talking about their future career possibilities!

December Match Anniversaries

January Match Anniversaries