School and Campus-Based Programs

Bring the kids to you!
Thanks to our College Partners, we’ve teamed up with colleges and universities across Eastern Massachusetts to bring children who live in some of our harder-to-reach areas, and who may need Bigs the most, to college campuses. This innovative program is transformational to many Littles. Littles are transported twice per month on Saturday to a college where they meet with their Big both one-on-one and in group activities. The kids also get to experience life on a college campus.

How it works

  • Meet your Little at their school (or site)

  • Connect with them approximately once a week

  • Have fun!

"John likes to push me so that I can keep going. He’s funny, he likes a lot of stuff. Someday I want to go to Boston College, I want to do what John does. He takes a lot of reading classes, and a sculpture class, and he does filming and other things. "

"Clint has a very powerful influence on my personal, academic, and sporting life and each time we are together Clint pushes me out of my comfort zone, whether it’s taking me surfing- although I prefer a sport on land- or it’s him taking the time to go over SAT test taking skills on a Friday night, although I would want to play video games like a… "

"One thing that I think we did that really made me happy as a match was a lot of artsy things, he’s taught me how to play around with clay, he’s shown me a lot of arts that he’s done and he taught me that I should be able to do that, that I have a choice to follow that or I can pick different things. "

Collegiate Partners

Region

Brandeis University

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

MCPHS University

Stonehill College

Tufts University

UMass Dartmouth

UMass Lowell

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