Big Sister Association of Greater Boston’s mission is to help girls realize their full potential by providing them with positive mentoring relationships with women.

Our vision is to create a mentor-rich community in which every girl has access to the individual nurturing, guidance and support she needs to become a confident, competent and caring adult. Using research-based best practices, we hope to become a national model for gender-specific mentoring for girls which can be replicated in other mentoring programs.

Big Sister is an acknowledged leader in building professionally supported, dynamic relationships between girls and adult women volunteers.

Description:
Since 1951, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston has been helping girls reach their full potential through positive mentoring relationships with women. Big Sister is the largest mentoring organization in Greater Boston exclusively serving girls, covering 69 cities, towns and communities. We could not serve the girls that we do without the dedication of our staff, Board of Directors and the thousands of volunteer mentors who give time and friendship to their Little Sisters.

History:
The Big Sister Association was founded in 1951 by three Cambridge residents: The Reverend Harold Taylor, Assistant Rector at Christ Church in Cambridge; Edith Taylor, a Cambridge police officer; and Frances Marley, an administrative assistant and legal consultant for the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Believing that girls in their community could benefit from the guidance and support of an older female friend, they created a one-to-one mentoring program where girls (Little Sisters) were individually matched with caring and committed volunteers (Big Sisters).

In 1952, this program was incorporated as The Big Sister Association of Greater Boston. In our first year, we matched six girls – in 2006, Big Sister served nearly 2,700 girls.

Contact person: Maile S, Recruitment Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (617) 236-8075

Address:

161 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115 (See a map)

Directions:

As only metered parking is available, Big Sister strongly suggests taking the MBTA whenever possible.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Green Line MBTA stop is Hynes Convention Center/ICA/Auditorium. Orange Line MBTA stop is Massachusetts Avenue.,   Walk distance (in minutes): 7   Nearest Bus Stop: Bus Routes 1 and 55 go down Massachusetts Avenue. Get off at Hynes/ICA., 3 minute walk For maps or information, please see http://www.mbta.com