Youth Launch

Being a Teen Big can be very rewarding, but it can also present some challenges from time to time. Challenges like these don't always have easy answers, but it's easier to deal with them when you know what it takes to be a great mentor. The information in this section will help you become the best Teen Big you can be.

If you're new to mentoring take the online training tool - The Next Big Thing.

Downloadable Information you might find useful

- What's This All About?
- Life as a Teen Big
- Understanding Your Little
and Your Relationship
- Building Mentoring Skills

In January 2005 the first group of volunteer “Bigs” in Haiti were trained.

What is your favorite subject in school?

CONTACT YOUR AGENCY

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas
1400 Tillery St.
Austin, Texas 78721
Phone: (512) 472-KIDS
www.bbbscentraltx.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas
2920 N. Pearl St.
Dallas, Texas 75201
Phone: (214) 871-0876
www.bbbsnt.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters, Alamo Area
202 Baltimore
San Antonio, Texas 78215
Phone: (210) 225-6322
www.bigmentor.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston
6437 High Star
Houston, Texas 77074
(713) 271-5683
www.bbbshouston.org

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"This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease." - Robert Kennedy.

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