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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago Contact: Erika Corona-Owens Home 560 W Lake Street Chicago IL 60661 home Work Phone: 312-207-5600work Work Email: corona@bbbschgo.orgINTERNET Website: bbbschgo.org Biography
For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. They develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters offers direct volunteer opportunities for adults who want to make a real impact on a young person’s life. The commitment-level is serious and significant, but the rewards are great. Contact BBBS of Metropolitan Chicago for more information.
BookwallahDirector of Marketing Contact: Allison McDonald Work 319 North Albany Chicago IL 60612 USAwork Work Phone: 312-957-8558work Work Email: contact@bookwallah.orgINTERNET Website: www.bookwallah.org Biography
Bookwallah is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose vision is to transform the lives of children who have undergone hardship by sharing the gift of imagination. Our mission is to collect and distribute children’s storybooks, set up libraries, and spread the joy of reading to children of orphanages and children’s homes throughout the world. The origin of the name of the organization comes from the Hindi translation “bookwallah” which means “book peddler”. We believe by opening a child’s world to imagination and exploration, we can greatly improve their lives and the lives around them. We also believe that the magic of stories can help foster creativity and innovation within a society.
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Bookwallah offers a three main programs to assist children in orphanages in other areas of the world. These programs are: delivering books to children, setting up reading areas in orphanages, and providing reading services. They also have a Buddy program that allows students, teachers, classrooms, and communities to assist the Bookwallah Organization by collecting and providing storybooks to children of orphanages throughout the world.
