Boston's girls thrive with mentoring

The Big Sister Association of Greater Boston believes every girl has potential, and through mentoring they help Boston's girls to face the challenges blocking that potential. They like to say that when you inspire a girl, you transform the community. Through mentoring programs, their goal is to increase Boston's girl’s confidence, competence, and caring.

Their mentoring programs get results. Between 2006 and 2008 the following percentage of girls served in our Community-Based Mentoring program showed an increase/improvement in the following key areas:*

CONFIDENCE
83% Self-Confidence
81% Able to Express Feelings
78% Has Interests or Hobbies
77% Can Make Decisions
74% Sense of the Future
71% Personal Hygiene

COMPETENCE
75% School Preparedness (homework)
74% Able to Avoid Delinquency
72% Able to Avoid Substance Abuse
72% Able to Avoid Early Parenting
71% Class Participation
71% Class Behavior
70% Uses School Resources
70% Uses Community Resources
69% Attitude Towards School
67% School/Academic Performance

CARING
80% Respects Other Cultures
74% Shows Trust Toward Others
74% Relationship with Peers
74% Relationship with Family
69% Relationship with Adults

*Big Sister measures the results of their mentoring programs using the Program Outcome Evaluation (POE) tool. This tool was developed by the Search Institute in collaboration with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Values of more than 70% are considered significant.

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The Big Sister Association of Greater Boston is the largest mentoring organization in Greater Boston exclusively serving girls.You can follow them on Facebook and Twitter @bigsisterboston.