Big Brothers Big Sisters Celebrates its
30^th Annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake

It’s been 30 years in the making and Big Brothers Big Sisters is excited to announce that they are ready for its biggest Bowl For Kids’ Sake event ever!

With a forecast of 1,000 bowling teams, Big Brothers Big Sisters is preparing for the five-week event across 13 counties in northeast Indiana and south central Michigan with much optimism and confidence. “Currently there are over 500 children waiting for a Big Brother or Big Sister of their own,” shares Shelley Schwab, Director of Development. “Our goal is to raise $300,000 and recruit 300 mentors to match 300 children so that Big Brothers Big Sisters can continue to turn little moments into big magic.”

Bowl For Kids’ Sake is a FUNdraiser, with an emphasis on the “FUN” in 2010! For the upcoming Bowl For Kids’ Sake event, Big Brothers Big Sisters is excited to share that awesome incentives have been added to the” FUN”. Everything from iPod Shuffles to iPhones are on the list of great prizes participants can earn through their pledges. But that’s not all! One lucky winner will receive the Grand Prize iPackage – their choice of either an iPod Classic w/ Bose SoundDock System or Apple TV System w/ 42” Sony or Samsung LCD HDTV!

For this event, Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for people to form a team of five friends, co-workers, or family members who want to help raise funds to support our programs. Each team member is encouraged to raise $100 or more in pledges and then invited to celebrate making a difference with bowling, food and prizes!

Big Brothers Big Sisters would like to thank Arby’s, BKD CPA & Advisors and Thunderbowl #1 for their title sponsorship of this year’s Bowl For Kids’ Sake.

As we look forward to the new year, Big Brothers Big Sisters thanks its Corporate Community Partners for underwriting programs and for supporting the children in our communities during 2009: Best Buy, Coca-Cola, Do it Best Corp., Indiana Physical Therapy, International Truck & Engine, Kohl’s, Lutheran Children’s Hospital, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United Way. The organization looks forward to another great year in 2010!