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Girls on the Rise

College visits are an important step in the college search process, according to Christie Garton, founder of the 1,000 Dreams Fund. The chance to get a sense of the campus culture helps ensures that students end up at a place where they will thrive rather than wanting to drop out or transfer. However, at an average cost of $1,000-3,000 to visit schools, college visits can be cost prohibitive for many students.

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A Record-Breaking Year for Recruitment

So far this year, 829 Kansas Citians have completed their applications to become a Big Brother, Big Sister or Big Couple. That number eclipses the 763 new Bigs we recruited in 2013. And we have another two months to add to that total!

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Q&A: Auction Talk with Erica Ostroski

When Erica Ostroski, BBBSKC Director of Special Events, began her role at the agency in 2008, The Most Wanted Auction brought in $35,000 and 200 event attendees respectively. We sat down with Ostroski to learn how the event has become one of the hottest charity event tickets in town, bringing in sellout crowds and over $357,000 in 2015. 

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It's our Blog

Welcome to our blog! Here at BBBSKC, we have so many incredible things going on all the time and we want to do our best to keep our volunteers, donors, parents, and supporters informed and inspired by all that is happening. That is why we are beginning a weekly blog post on BBBSKC. In our blog you’ll see things from inspirational stories, event updates, department highlights, CEO stories, fun facts, Match resources, Q&A’s with Case Managers and much more. Our goal will be to teach you something new or inspire you each and every week in bite size pieces.

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