New Director Introduced For Big Brothers/Big Sisters Of South Central Ohio

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Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Central Ohio has a new director. Erin Allsop is being announced to the community May 27th as the new director, covering the agency’s five counties of Ross, Pickaway, Fayette, Highland and Pike.

Allsop, along with her husband and children recently returned to the United States after serving a five year Christian mission outreach to college students in Valencia, Spain.

Erin says the local BBBS mission of forming community-based mentoring will continue placing a large emphasis of getting volunteers willing to become a “big” for a younger student in the area. 

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Central Ohio currently has only 24 “mentoring littles” with an adult match in the five county area. There are 84 other littles on the waiting list.

Allsop is hoping area adults are ready to re-engage with the youth who need that “big brother” or “big sister” mentoring role model.

To become a “big”, contact BBBS through Facebook and Instagram or by calling (740) 773-2447, 173 W. 2nd Street, Chillicothe, OH 45601 and go through their website at www.bbbssco.org

Enrollment is the next step, where you will meet with a BBBS professional staff member, where you can ask questions about the program. The staff will complete an in-person interview to help BBBS, followed by a brief training session.

Your match support specialist will present profiles of “littles” who could be a match for you.

Your match support specialist will then schedule two meetings for you, where you can meet the little’s parent/guardian then later allow you to meet your proposed little.

While keeping in mind the need of the Little, mentoring also fits around your schedule and has the availability of expert help to assist you with the “ins and outs” of your match relationship.