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History: |
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1904 The first organized Big Brothers program was established through the Men’s Club of New York’s Central Presbyterian Church. |
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1958 Big Brothers of America (BBA) is chartered by the United States Congress. |
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1970 Big Sisters International (BSI) is incorporated |
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1975 Under Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pittsburgh, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westmoreland County
was formed to serve all of Westmoreland County |
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1977 BBA and BSI formally merge when U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs a bill to amend the BBA congressional charter, changing it to BB/BSA. |
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| 1979 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westmoreland County broke from the Pittsburgh agency and was officially incorporated. | ||
1986 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westmoreland County became a full member agency with
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. |
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1988 The new BBBSA national headquarters building in Philadelphia is dedicated by U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush. |
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1994 The first “After-School Tutoring” program began in the Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary School in Greensburg. |
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2001 Services were expanded to cover all of Fayette County and Westmoreland County. The agency name was changed to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region, and a branch office opened in Uniontown with one full-time and one part time staff person. |
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2001 The first “Lunch Buddies” program began in the
Amos K Hutchinson Elementary School in Greensburg. |
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2003 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region received a “Community Impact Winner” award from Dominion People’s Gas Lunch Buddies program in partnership with California University of Pennsylvania and the Brownsville School District. |
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2005 First Lady Laura Bush officially endorses
Big Brothers Big Sisters and appears in nationally-broadcast TV commercials and PSA’s |
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2005 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region received an “Excellence in Mentoring” award from
The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania
for the
Lunch Buddies program in partnership with the
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg and the
Greensburg Salem School District. |
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| 2005 Staffing in the Uniontown office increased to two full-time staff persons, and Fayette County school-based mentoring enrollment tripled from previous enrollment figures. Services are now provided in ten elementary schools in six different school districts throughout both Fayette and Westmoreland Counties | ||
| 2006 Big Brothers big Sisters of the Laurel Region is recognized by Big brothers Big Sisters of America for excellence in average match length in both community-based and school based mentoring programs | ||
| 2006 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region received the 2006 "Committed to Excellence" award for Youth Development from the Fayette County branch of the NAACP | ||
| 2006 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region serves over 500 children during the year (514), marking the first time in agency history of breaking the 500-match plateau | ||
| 2007 Big Brothers big Sisters of the Laurel Region is recognized by Big brothers Big Sisters of America as one of the top 35 performing agencies in the nation based on significant improvements in revenue growth, growth in children served, and growth in new matches | ||
2007 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region's Lunch Buddy Michele Timothy receives the 2007 State of Pennsylvania "College Student Big Sisters of the Year". Michele also coordinated the Lunch Buddy program with University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg campus and Hutchinson Elementary School in the Greensburg Salem School District. Over 40 students participated in the '06 / '07 school year |
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| For more on how we make a difference, click here to see our impact study. |
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