Big Brothers Big Sisters Mission
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fox Valley Region's mission is to assist youth in becoming competent, confident and caring individuals, through relationships with caring mentors.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Values
At the core of any organization is a set of values that must transcend any growth goals and even the most significant outcomes.

• WE VALUE providing a mentor for all youth whom can benefit from one.
• WE VALUE being a community leader and advocate for youth development and increasing recognition of the positive impact our mentoring programs make.
• WE VALUE attracting and engaging significantly more mentors, staff and board members to enhance service to youth.
• WE VALUE focusing on mentor strengths and providing them an array of service options.
• WE VALUE developing an effective board and recognizing the significant contributions board members make to our organizational success.
• WE VALUE developing a highly committed, well compensated, and talented professional workforce.
• WE VALUE assuring that growth in numbers does not come at the expense of outcomes for youth, their families, their schools, and entire communities.

Matches of the Year
--2007
--2006
Community Based Paul Wilke & Derrik
Site-Based Sister Margarit Immoos & Melissa
--2005
Community Based Laurie Hughes & Carrie
School Based Dale Peterson & Jordan
--2004
Community Based - Tony Budwit & Michael
School Based - Scott Edwards & Ian
--2003
Community Based Gina Schwietzer & Miranda
School Based - Lance Raab & James
Club Based - Mary Preston & Goejoua
--2002
Community Based - Rudy & Nancy Brunner & Dan
School Based - Scott Edwards & John
Club Based - Brian Kemp & Shawn

"Bigs" of the Year
1993 Bill Heeter, Patty Schoen (Vervoort)
1994 Tom Wagner, Mary Preston
1995 Bruce Dewall, Jackie School
1996 Stuart Crane, Cheryl Vanlannen
1997 Dave Weber, Lory Sokowski
1998 Nick Krauss, Terri Scheidermayer
1999 Keith Wilk, Jean Stark
2000 Nathan Hatch, Linda Hatton
2001 Michael Keehan, Vicky Lieterman and School Based - Robert Jankowski

"Littles" of the Year
1999 Jackie Jacobs
2000 Amanda Smith
2001 Jon Westbrook

Big Brothers Big Sisters Chronology
1967 – big brothers of the fox valley was founded
1967 – ed faulkner, fi rst executive director (appleton)
1968 – fi led articles of incorporation
1968 – fi rst big brother/little brother match was made
1973 – big brothers of the fox valley expanded its scope of service to include outagamie county
1974 – big sisters of the fox valley was founded (separate organization)
1975 – fi rst big sister/little sister match was made
1980 – big brothers and big sisters merge to become big brothers big sisters of the fox valley region
1980 – service provided to outagamie, winnebago, calumet, waupaca and washara counties
1985 – larry wright, executive director (appleton)
1985 – david bilgo, executive director (oshkosh)
1989 – kay vandervort, executive director (oshkosh)
1990 – sue steinhilber, executive director (oshkosh)
1992 – 25 year anniversary – more than 4000 children served
1993 – deborah armstrong executive director (appleton)
1994 – move to thompson community center
1994 – inaugural big/little silent sports auction
1997 – alliance with harbor house, short-term matches introduced
1997 – sports club program introduced
1997 – school based mentoring initiative introduced – pilot program of 1 school/12 matches
1997 – big hunts for little hearts scavenger hunt (fundraiser) (1 year)
1997 – campaign for kids’ sake (fundraiser) (2 years)
1997 – marketing coordinator position created and fi lled
1998 – angela petr, executive director (appleton)
1999 – bowl for kids’ sake exceeded fundraising goal by 40%
1999 – expanded volunteer scope to include high school bigs
1999 – club based mentoring initiative introduced
1999 – general colin powell came to fox cities as a part of the mentoring summit
2000 – board approves initial investment for endowment
2000 – partnered with kaukauna hs for site-based sbm program focused on pairing at-risk hs students with 3rd
grade students
2001 – kari hawkinson, executive director (appleton)
2002 – development of and hire of development director
2002 – school based mentoring program includes 37 schools/more than 41 businesses
2003 – service delivery model implemented to drive effi cient screening process
2003 – implementation and hiring of match support specialists
2004 – the big build introduced – house raffl e budgeted to raise $80,000
2004 – consideration of merger/partnership with big brothers big sisters oshkosh
2005 – offi cial merger between big brothers big sisters appleton and oshkosh to become one entity, operating
under the name big brothers big sisters of the fox valley region with two sites and one board of directors
2005 – endowments managed by both fox valley region community foundation and oshkosh area community
foundation
2006 - tracey jenks, executive director (merged appleton & oshkosh)