our programs
School-To-Work
School-to-Work is a three-party partnership between the local school districts, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay and our corporate and community partners to provide one-on-one mentoring in the workplace for high school juniors and seniors to help improve graduation rates. The students (Littles) visit the workplace of the employees (Bigs) one morning each month during the school year for about four hours. They spend the first hour learning post-graduation skills, then spend one-on-one time with their corporate Bigs through lunch before returning to school.
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Bigs In Blue/Bigs with Badges
Bigs in Blue/Bigs with Badges is a national initiative designed to improve communication and understanding between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Police officers and civilian staff (Bigs) visit an area child (Littles) at their school one hour per week to spend one-on-one mentoring time. The program was launched locally with the Tampa Police Department, where more than 35 officers and personnel are matched with elementary school children in Hillsborough County. Law enforcement agencies also have the option to host a School-to-Work program. For more information, contact CEO Chris Letsos at ChrisL@bbbstampabay.org
Big Futures
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay’s Big Futures program serves Alumni Littles up to age 26 and their Mentors with additional support and guidance in helping Littles make educational and career choices. The goal of the Big Futures program is that our Alumni Littles will be enrolled, employed or enlisted after high school so they earn a living wage by age 26 through goal setting and accountability, resources that align with their goals, skill building workshops and special events, and developing community relationships that result in unique education and career opportunities for Mentees. We are building an army of professionals in our community to rally around our youth!
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At Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, actions speak louder than words. Through our incredible partners, we provide thousands of children in the local area with consistent, loving support, empowering them through care and compassion and fundamentally altering their destiny for success.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
123 International Consulting LLC
Allana Buick & Bers (Abbae)
American Online Giving Foundation, Inc.
Asbury Automotive Group
AT&T
Bank of America – Downtown Tampa
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Bank of America Financial Center – Founders Hall
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Brighthouse Financial
Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Cale America Inc DBA Flowbird Group
CallPass Tech LLC
Canteen Southeast Division
Carpenter Contractors of America, Inc.
Charity Polo Classic, Inc.
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company
Cherry Bekaert LLP
City of Clearwater
Community Foundation Of North Central Florida (Women’s Circle of Giving)
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, Inc.
Copperhead Charities, Inc.
Duke Energy
Ernst & Young LLP
Facebook Payments, Inc.
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Fidelity Investments
Florida Health Sciences Center, Inc. dba Tampa General Hospital
FM Global
Frenchy’s Corporate Inc.
Fidelity & Guaranty Business Services, Inc.
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Frontstream
Gionis Lilly & Romero, PLLC
Greenberg Traurig Foundation
Helios Education Foundation
Hobbs Foundation
Huntington National Bank
Indian River Merchant Services, LLC
Jabil
JPMorgan Chase
KPMG LLP
Lead Staffing
Lightning Community Hero
M/I Homes
Macy’s Corporate Services, Inc.
Michael Baugh, Baugh Elite Tennis Training
Mid State Insurance Center, Inc.
Moffitt Cancer Center
National Philanthropic Trust for the UBS Donor Advised Fund
O’Brien Family Foundation Inc.
Outback Steakhouse – Corporate (Osi Restaurant Partners, Llc)
Pin Chasers, Inc.
Pinch A Penny, Inc.
Pinellas Community Foundation
Pinellas County Board Of County Commissioners
PNC Foundation
Power Design
Premier Packaging
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
Raymond Handling Consultants, L.C.
Raymond James Financial
Regions Bank – Corporate Santander Bank N.A.
Schwab Charitable
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Skanska USA
Suncoast Credit Union Foundation
Sysco West Coast Florida
Tampa Bay Bowl
Tampa Bay Rays Baseball
TD Synnex
TECO Energy, Inc.
The Goldring Family Foundation, Inc.
The Northern Trust Company (Hendrickson Family Foundation)
The Papa John’s Foundation, Inc.
The Spurlino Foundation
The White Family Foundation
U.S.A. Ambassador Pageant, LLC
Ultimate Medical Academy
United Way Suncoast
Valley National Bank
Wehr Constructors, Inc.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Wells Fargo Foundation
Workspace Property Trust
IN-KIND PARTNERS
Big Brothers Big Sisters Association Of Florida
Bristol Myers Squibb
Clear Sky Restaurant
Digital Lightbridge
Frenchy’s Restaurants
Hilton Tampa Downtown
International Diamond Center
Macy’s Corporate Services, Inc
