5th Annual Run/Walk - Celebrating 120 Years of Mentoring supporting Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring
5th Annual Run/Walk - Celebrating 120 Years of Mentoring supporting Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring
About 5th Annual 5K Run/Walk - Celebrating 120 Years of Mentoring
Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring invites you to our 5th Annual 5K Run/Walk, Celebrating 120 Years of Mentoring!
Your participation will help Bigs & Littles NYC address the challenges facing vulnerable NYC youth by providing professionally supervised one-to-one community based mentoring services, supported by life skills programming, crisis intervention, family support and referral assistance. We seek to improve the lives of children, empowering them to recognize, reach for and achieve their full potential.
Check-in will begin at 9:45AM. The race will begin at East River Platform at E. 41st Street (enter at FDR Dr & E 37th Street) at 10:30AM sharp, and will end at our gym at 137 East 2nd Street. Join us in celebrating your victory and 120 years of mentoring with us, meet our matches, and enjoy nutritious refreshments at our community celebration!
Please take a look at our COVID-19 Safety Guidelines here!
Date
Starts at: September 18, 2022 9:30 AM
Ends at: September 18, 2022 12:00 PM
Location
East River Platform at E. 41 Street Enter At
FDR Dr & E 37th St
New York,NY 10016 USA
Contact
Jessica Castillo
212-475-3291 x200
jcastillo@bigslittlesnyc.org
Map of 5K Route
Starting at East River Platform at E. 41 Street
enter at FDR & E.37th street
To get there:
33rd Street (6) Train Station
8 blocks away
M15 Bus Stop
1st Ave/East 36th Street
M101, M102, 103 Bus Stop
3rd Ave/East 37th Street
NYC Ferry to E. 34th Street Stop
Why Participate?
Your participation will help match a child with a mentor and support more families in need!
Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring is dedicated to addressing the challenges facing vulnerable youth living in New York City by providing professionally supervised one one-to-one community based mentoring services, supported by life skills programming, crisis intervention, family support and referral assistance. We seek to improve the lives of children, empowering them to recognize, reach for and achieve their full potential.
We know the value that mentoring can bring to youth and families. Our volunteer mentors support their mentees through some of the toughest stages of their lives. Having a mentor and someone to talk to outside of the home has helped our Littles increase their confidence and academic performance, gain exposure to new activities in NYC and ultimately gain a new friend.
Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring serves children ages 7-19, from low-income, mostly first generation immigrant families. Over 70% of the families we work with are headed by single mothers; and 70% live below the poverty line. Our families come from all neighborhoods in the four larger boroughs, with particular concentrations in the Lower East Side, Brooklyn, Harlem and the South Bronx.
Mentoring Matters
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