{"id":77398,"date":"2020-01-28T07:23:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T11:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=77398"},"modified":"2020-01-30T06:58:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T10:58:26","slug":"big-brothers-big-sisters-to-expand-into-tioga-county-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/01\/28\/big-brothers-big-sisters-to-expand-into-tioga-county-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Big Brothers Big Sisters\u2019 to expand into Tioga County, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Tiers is working to expand in Tioga County, N.Y. in an effort to not only help more children, but to find more adult mentors as well. Serving Tioga, Bradford, and Sullivan Counties in Pennsylvania and Broome County in New York, Nikki Restino, Community-Based program director for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Tiers, said pushing into Tioga County, N.Y. next made geographical sense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBig Brothers Big Sisters is a national non-profit and our goal is to have a presence in every county in the country,\u201d Restino said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the organization is to pair children with like-interested adults who can serve as mentors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers1-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Big Brothers Big Sisters\u2019 to expand into Tioga County, New York\" class=\"wp-image-77399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers1-717x1024.jpg 717w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers1-210x300.jpg 210w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers1-768x1096.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers1-1076x1536.jpg 1076w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers1.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><figcaption>Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Tiers is expanding in Tioga County, N.Y. and is looking for mentors interested in giving back to the community.\u00a0Provided photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we do is we match adult mentors in the community with kids, who we call littles. We start interviewing kids at the age of six to 14 and if they are matched they can be with that mentor until they are 18 years old,\u201d Restino added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested mentors are vetted and interviewed and asked to make a minimum of a one-year commitment to being in the program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing a big is a year commitment at least, and at least four to six hours a month must be spent with their little, taking them out into the community to do things like bowling, arts and crafts, and going to movies. Things normally they wouldn\u2019t get to do because they don\u2019t have that positive role model in their lives,\u201d said Restino. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"836\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers2-836x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Big Brothers Big Sisters\u2019 to expand into Tioga County, New York\" class=\"wp-image-77400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers2-836x1024.jpg 836w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers2-245x300.jpg 245w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers2-768x941.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers2-1254x1536.jpg 1254w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers2.jpg 1657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><figcaption>Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Tiers is expanding in Tioga County, N.Y. and is looking for mentors interested in giving back to the community.\u00a0Provided photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The model the organization is rooted in established studies that determined that children with non-family role models tend to be more successful, higher educated, and less prone to criminal behavior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an evidence based program, research has said that a child with a positive role model other than family will be more likely to succeed in all aspects of life. Less likely to skip school, use drugs, and have a higher aspiration for education. We believe every child has the potential to achieve, and the need is not only in Tioga, but across the county. It\u2019s just basic research that we know having someone on their side will help them achieve their goals,\u201d Restino said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an effort to get the word out that the program is in Tioga County, Restino said she has been reaching out to principals, counselors, social workers and more throughout Tioga County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Big Brothers Big Sisters\u2019 to expand into Tioga County, New York\" class=\"wp-image-77401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers3-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2020\/01\/Brothers3.jpg 1757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Tiers is expanding in Tioga County, N.Y. and is looking for mentors interested in giving back to the community.\u00a0Provided photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to open an office in Tioga County, it\u2019s already so close to the Broome County office and we have staff who will travel as needed to Tioga,\u201d Restino said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Run entirely through grant money, Restino was adamant that there is no expense whatsoever to the families of children of participants in the program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny family, regardless of economic status, can apply for a big. We just need more bigs to accommodate the kids who need someone to help them grow and do all the fun things that they normally don\u2019t get to do,\u201d Restino said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that helping children not only helps communities of the present, but the communities of the future as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd often times our bigs will tell me that the littles they worked with had as much of an impact on their lives as they had on the littles,\u201d Restino said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbbstwintiers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"www.bbbstwintiers.org (opens in a new tab)\">www.bbbstwintiers.org<\/a> for more information or call (570) 265-3009.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Twin Tiers is working to expand in Tioga County, N.Y. in an effort to not only help more children,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":77402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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