Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento is expanding. To celebrate, they hosted an open house of their new office space off Arden Way and Howe Avenue.The new BBBS office space is open for one-on-one mentorship training for school districts including those in Sacramento, Placer and Yolo counties. BBBS will serve 10 counties with the mentorship programs during the school day and after school.”The training for us is such a critical piece to the success of our program,” said BBBS of Greater Sacramento President and CEO Jacob Peterson. “We’re able to not only better train our staff, but we have spaces here where staff can connect with parents as well.”BBBS board member Mike Smith has been a volunteer for more than 30 years and understand the special bond between “bigs” and “littles”.”I’ve actually known my little longer than my wife, but he’s been a part of our family the whole time. We do a lot of stuff together, even now with his family and his kids,” said Smith.Right now, BBBS say the need for male volunteers is critical.”You go into it with a certain set of expectations,” said Smith. “It really turns into something else. It really kind of changes and you find you’re getting as much out of it or maybe more than the little ones.”With more than 60 years of serving the Sacramento area, BBBS is building *bigger* relationships with boys and girls.”One of my favorite things with site-based programming is seeing the confidence built in the young people, and that will grow each year as the mentors stay on campus and build those relationships,” said Jade Rodgers, a BBBS program director.To learn more on how you can become a “big”, visit https://www.bbbs-sac.org.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento is expanding. To celebrate, they hosted an open house of their new office space off Arden Way and Howe Avenue.

The new BBBS office space is open for one-on-one mentorship training for school districts including those in Sacramento, Placer and Yolo counties. BBBS will serve 10 counties with the mentorship programs during the school day and after school.

“The training for us is such a critical piece to the success of our program,” said BBBS of Greater Sacramento President and CEO Jacob Peterson. “We’re able to not only better train our staff, but we have spaces here where staff can connect with parents as well.”

BBBS board member Mike Smith has been a volunteer for more than 30 years and understand the special bond between “bigs” and “littles”.

“I’ve actually known my little longer than my wife, but he’s been a part of our family the whole time. We do a lot of stuff together, even now with his family and his kids,” said Smith.

Right now, BBBS say the need for male volunteers is critical.

“You go into it with a certain set of expectations,” said Smith. “It really turns into something else. It really kind of changes and you find you’re getting as much out of it or maybe more than the little ones.”

With more than 60 years of serving the Sacramento area, BBBS is building *bigger* relationships with boys and girls.

“One of my favorite things with site-based programming is seeing the confidence built in the young people, and that will grow each year as the mentors stay on campus and build those relationships,” said Jade Rodgers, a BBBS program director.

To learn more on how you can become a “big”, visit https://www.bbbs-sac.org.

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel