News & Events
Trees for Houston
Gulf Coast Big Brothers Big Sisters has a new website!
January 1, 2008
After months of hard behind the scenes work GCBBBS is proud to display a new website for Bigs and interested people to check back with frequently. Please bookmark us by hitting Ctrl+D and email comments/appreciation to our Web Developer, Jared Farrish. Way to go Jared!
San Luis Christmas Party
December 2008
‘Tis the season for Christmas Parties and the San Luis has been gracious enough to invite 20 of our matches to their annual Christmas Party to be held from 4 to 6 pm in the Grand Ballroom. To RSVP or for more information contact the agency office(email) or call 409.763.4638.
Match Activities and Big Nights Out
December 2008 – GCBBBS Annual Christmas Party
From 1 to 3 pm Gulf Coast will have our annual Christmas Party at the San Luis Resort and Spa. It is our largest event of the year and all program participants are invited. To RSVP or for more information contact agency office (email) or call 409.763.4638.
BBBS Texas launches a new Amachi Texas Website
The word Amachi is a Nigerian word that means, "Who knows what God has brought us through this child?" The Amachi program dates to 2001 and was the result of a collaborative think tank which included the University of Pennsylvania, Pew Charitable Trust, Public Private Ventures, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Then, as now, the mission was/is to break the intergenerational cycle of crime and incarceration and give a forgotten (invisible) group of children the chance to reach their highest potential. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr., a former two-term mayor of Philadelphia, took the mission to heart and implemented it successfully in Philadelphia and across the country.