Claim your day at BBC&M!
What we're asking:
Concept:
- $170,000 yearly budget . . .
- divided by 12 months = $14,166.67 per month
- (or $465.75 per day) . . .
- divided by 365 donors = only $38.81 per month per person!
365 caring people sending in $38.81 each month
covers our yearly budget. All fundraisers and
special donations could then be used for expansion
and special projects.
Why we're asking
When you Bridge with us for one day,
- A boy and his mother met a potential mentor
- Two masters-level counselors provided individual,
family and play therapy sessions all day and into
the evening
- A local merchant donated new clothing for moms
and children
- A parent walked out with canned goods, a gas
card and diapers to help with her budget
- The clinical director took calls from a school
counselor asking about local resources available
for a distressed child in his office
- Referrals were made for furniture, a gymnastic
scholarship, a washing machine, and the next
available AA meeting
- The executive director met with local leaders
about ways to teach positive parenting and
communication
- Our office manager talked with a distressed
parent who walked in from the street
- A meeting was held to plan a community-wide
resource event
- A little one was invited to select a book on our
shelves to take home
- The mentoring moms collaborative met with a
woman who wanted to be a friend to a young
single mother with children