About Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County

With our 50+ years of experience here in Berks County and Big Brothers Big Sisters 100+ years of experience across the country, our programs translate into positive impacts in the lives of our Littles.

We strive to foster positive and measurable growth for youth including a strengthened sense of self-worth, development of character, and improved relationships & performance at home, in school, and throughout the community. We achieve our mission and goals through four (4) mentoring programs utilizing carefully-screened and trained volunteers. We provide approximately 15,000 mentoring service hours to hundreds of youth each year!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County, PA, serves children ages 8- to 19-years-of-age. Applications for new Littles are accepted up to and including age 15.

For volunteers of Big Brothers or Big Sisters, flexibility is the key! They can choose between our various mentoring programs based upon the time they have available to volunteer, their location, their experience, etc.