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Child of the Week: Constance
Constance aspires to be an astronaut for NASA and told her mom she would take her into space someday. At barely 12,…
Child of the Week: Jewels
Jewels sparkles like her name, her ponytail bobbing, as she talks about her past, present and future activities. Although she’s only 11…
Child of the Week: Alex
A short red Mohawk haircut tops Alex’s blond head. His big brown eyes and a soon-to-be-front-toothless grin express his delight as he…
Child of the Week: Charm
Nine-year-old Charm lives up to her name, whether she’s climbing on the monkey bars – she really likes to climb – talking…
Charitable Tax Credit Increase
Have you heard? You can now give up to $400 as an individual or $800 as a couple when your taxes this…
Match of the month – Gema
Gema remembers clearly the first day she spent as Little Sister to Big Couple Bob and Deborah. She was only four when…
Child of the week – Benjamin
Benjamin spouts his favorites without hesitation. Color: green. Food: lasagna. Animal: cheetah. Benjamin’s dad calls him “adventurous.” Benjamin loves to go to…
Thank you APS for sponsoring this super fun day for our Bigs and Littles.
Thank you Darla DeVille of APS and retired baseball players Lou Kilmhock, Ron Davis, Dave Hitow and Ken Phelps for spending the…
Child of the week: Dean
Dean reached double digits on his last birthday, soon after he moved to Chino Valley with his grandparents, who have raised him…
Greetings… A Message from the YBBBS Program Director
I’m Lynn Baxter, the returning Program Director at Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters. Having worked for the organization for over 9 years,…
Child of the Week – Shawn
Act your age! In Shawn’s case, he acts exactly like a just-turned-eight-years-old boy should. Agile and curious as a chimp at the…
Long-time elementary school Big Brother gives back in big way
Over 15 years ago George Timmons read an advertisement about the Yavapai County Big Brothers/Big Sisters school-based mentoring program. As a reading…