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We enrich lives and support the development of a strong and healthy community by connecting young people with mentors.

We value individual potential and know that every young person needs, and deserves, a role model.

11/02/2026

Meet Hailey and Hadley
Today's Match Monday highlights an incredible match who has been spending time together for over 5 years! 🎉
Over the years, they've built a mentorship that celebrates life's little moments like— hanging out, chatting, sharing stories, and being there for all the big moments too.
Check back as we share more inspiring journeys on the first Monday of every month that show how one relationship can make a lifetime of difference.

Come and chat with any one of our amazing team members!
Call the office at 519 336 0460
Apply for more information online: https://sarnia.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/volunteer/

Thank you United Way of Sarnia-Lambton for helping us do what we do!

10/29/2026

Meet our newest Big + Little Sister here in Sarnia!
Gabby + Ava, matched on October 26th!

When we asked Gabby how she saw her role as a Mentor, she answered this: "𝓐 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓰𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮, 𝓭𝓸 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓲𝔁 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶, 𝓫𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮". We think Gabby is going to be pretty great ❤️

Ave+ Gabby have plans to spend the fall outdoors, do some cooking, hair, nails and Ava cannot wait to play a game of basketball with her new Big Sis! 💅 🏀

If you have a few hours a week to give a child in our community, please reach out. Consider the difference you could make in their lives!

Looking to get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters?🙌

☕️ We would love to invite you in for a coffee to chat about how you can get involved.

We invite you to share this post & help us bring that waiting list number down!

Come and chat with any one of our amazing team members!

☎️ Call the office at 519 336 0460
💻 Email [email protected]
🖥 Go online at www.sarnia.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca

A BIG Thank YOU to United Way of Sarnia-Lambton for supporting what we do!! 🙌

10/29/2026

🙌 Earlier this month we were one of the 19 local orginazations fortunate enough to to receive funding through Sarnia Community Foundation's Fall 2026 grant program. 🍁 🍃

This $5000.00 grant will be used to help support our growing "Big Bunch" program. Big Bunch is a group mentoring program that gives children and youth a safe place to connect with peers, build skills, and develop relationships with caring adults. It provides support while they wait for a 1:1 mentor.

A BIG thank you to the Sarnia Community Foundation for excellent work you do in the Sarnia-Lambton community. A special thank you to the following funders who made this possible:

🩵NOVA Chemicals Canada Fund
🩵MOJEN Fund for Children & Youth

Congratulations to all 19 organizations who received funding! We are so grateful 👏

10/28/2026

👋 Check out our newest Big + Little Sister duo!!! Meet Carma + Kayleigh, matched on October 6th!!

What is on their bucket list this fall ??

Baking, cooking, spending time outdoors, laser tag, board games, card games, crafting, art, hockey games and movies!

What is even more important than all of that?

Mentorship
Consistency
Empathy + Respect
Active Listening

Congratulations to you both!!!If you have a few hours a week to give a child in our community, please reach out. Consider the difference you could make in their lives!

We can't wait to follow along as this match creates new memories, shares exciting adventures, and builds a lasting friendship.

Looking to get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters?🙌

☕️ We would love to invite you in for a coffee to chat about how you can get involved.

We invite you to share this post & help us bring that waiting list number down!

Come and chat with any one of our amazing team members!

☎️ Call the office at 519 336 0460

💻 Email [email protected]

🖥 Go online at

www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca

A BIG Thank YOU to United Way of Sarnia-Lambton for supporting what we do!! 🙌

10/28/2026

Big connections can start right at school!
Through one hour a week, students have the opportunity to experience the power of mentorship at school by building meaningful connections with a mentor who shows up, listens, and encourages them to be their best selves.
A huge thank you to Yourtv Sarnia for helping us share the impact of mentoring in our local schools and community!
💙 Interested in becoming an In School Mentor and making a difference in a young person’s life? We’d love to hear from you!
Thank you to the United Way of Sarnia-Lambton for helping us do what we do.

10/22/2026

We usually launch our BIG United Way of Sarnia-Lambton campaign push on December 1st, but this year, we’re starting early.

The need in our community is growing, and demand for services is at an all time high. Donations are needed now more than ever to help ensure people can access the support they need.

So, we’re getting started: Here we go!

The United Way of Sarnia-Lambton’s 2026 campaign is at 43%. We still have a lot of work to do to reach this goal, but we’re confident we can make it happen! The goal is to raise $1.5 million by December 31, 2026.

Did you know that United Way of Sarnia-Lambton is our largest funder? They help fund five of our core mentoring programs, including In School Mentoring. Let’s learn a bit more about why ISM is so vital in our community, from one of our mentors.

"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 …. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏- 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚.

𝑨 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒖𝒑, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚. 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆- 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓.

𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏-𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒐. 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒅. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔- 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕". - Madison, ISM Mentor

Meet Nicole, Nicole is the force behind ISM, screening, training, matching and supporting youth and volunteers in our community. Because of the United Way of Sarnia-Lambton funding, Nicole is empowered to do the work she does.

2025-2026 ISM United Way Funding - $18,000.00

Thanks to United Way funding, we can provide youth mentoring services to over 750+ youth annually at no cost to their families. We are incredibly grateful for this support! ❤️

Please click the link below to make your donation to the 2026 United Way Campaign today!!

https://donate.uwatwork.com/donor/7EE708C6-0BF6-4859-B523-462841B73769?kiosk=156045

10/21/2026

We are excited to welcome Kurtis Lush to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sarnia -Lambton team! Kurtis will be joining us for the next year as our GO Girls & Game ON Coordinator. 🏫

Let’s learn a little bit about Kurtis …..

Kurtis brings a career that’s taken some fun twists and turns. He’s worked overseas in Ghana developing an educational project, spent years on staff at the Inn of the Good Shepherd working with food distribution programs, and most recently worked as a process operator in Sarnia’s Chemical Valley, where he earned his 3rd Class Operating Engineer licence. Now he’s bringing that energy to Game ON and GO Girls, helping local kids build confidence, healthy habits and a whole lot of fun.

Outside of work, community is where Kurtis feels most at home. He’s the immediate past President of the Rotary Club of Sarnia and co-founded Adopt-A-Driveway Sarnia (which the City later adopted). He is also the current Programs Director and board member with Rayjon Share Care and a board member with the Point Edward Early Learning Centre. When he isn’t volunteering, he’s probably planning his next trip. A long-time world traveller, he’s always got a story from the road and a new destination on the list.

Our agency isn’t new to Kurtis either. He’s been a Big Brother since 2022, and in 2024 his wife Allie joined the match, making them one of our couples matches with their Little. They enjoy doing cooking activities and introducing their little to films from around the world.

Welcome Kurtis! We cannot wait to see all the BIG things you’ve got planned!

We are a proud member of United Way of Sarnia-Lambton Have you donated to the 2026 UW Campaign yet? Click the link 🔗 below to support!

https://donate.uwatwork.com/donor/7EE708C6-0BF6-4859-B523-462841B73769?kiosk=156045

Address

10 Lorne Crescent
Sarnia, ON
N7S1H8

Opening Hours

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+15193360460

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https://sarnia.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/contact-us/

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