Your Support Goes Far

Your financial support helps us provide our programs and services in our local community to the children who need it most—so we can develop more college grads, community leaders, and entrepreneurs.

Your Contribution goes Toward Helping Us to…

  • Recruit more Volunteer Bigs to Mentor Youth
  • Reach more Families and Connect with more Littles
  • Cover the Costs of Ensuring Safety for our Littles to include Volunteer Background Checks and Training and Resources for our Professional Staff
  • Enable Ongoing Supervision and Relationship Support for every Big, Little and BBBS Family
  • Provide Cultural and Social Activities to Enrich the Opportunities for BBBS Littles

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One-Time Gift

All it takes is one donation today to ignite potential for a lifetime. Donating online is the fastest and easiest way to join the Big Brothers Big Sisters Mission and help a child.

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Defenders Circle - Monthly Giving

Join the Big Brothers Big Sisters DEFENDERS CIRCLE with a monthly gift. When we make a Big and Little Match, it's not a one-and-done kind of thing. We stay with every Match. We provide support to grow, strengthen, and empower each mentoring relationship.

That's what the Defenders Circle is all about. It's being an ongoing, monthly supporter. It's giving a bit, whatever amount works for you, consistently. Because that's what a Big Brothers Big Sisters Match is: consistent. Making monthly donations is a great way to pledge your ongoing commitment to empower potential and is a great option for those on a budget.

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Donate by Check

In addition to the fast, simple, and secure ways that you can make a gift online, Big Brothers Big Sisters is honored to accept your gift made by personal check.

Check Contributions can be mailed to:
U.P.Kids Big Brothers Big Sisters
P.O. Box 428
Houghton, MI  49931

Bowl for Kids' Sake

Donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters through our annual Bowl for Kids' Sake Campaign. Individual Donors can designate their gift to a specific Team or Individual Bowler's fundraising campaign. Or start your own Team and fundraise for the campaign!

Bowl for Kids' Sake 

Build a Village for Kids' Sake

The Build a Village for Kids’ Sake virtual fundraising campaign provides the opportunity for you to help raise funds to support mentoring programs for kids in the western Upper Peninsula. Start your own Personal Campaign to Raise Funds; Host a Birthday Fundraiser; Coordinate a Fundraising Team; or Donate to a Team/Individual.

Individuals and independent teams can host their own campaign anytime throughout the year. Please consider standing with Big Brothers Big Sisters in helping kids in our community to experience the positive and powerful impact of a mentoring relationship. Ensure more Bigs and Littles can be carefully and professionally matched, more connections can be created, and more kids can ignite their potential to change the world!

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Foundation & Corporate Giving

Successful partnerships with businesses, foundations, and organizations are key to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Mission. They contribute to brighter futures, better schools, and stronger communities for all.

Partners and Sponsors can support Big Brothers Big Sisters through: Philanthropic gifts that drive growth, employee-centric volunteer or donor partnerships, or high-impact cause marketing relationships.

Should you, your company, or your foundation be interested in working with Big Brothers Big Sisters at U.P.Kids to develop a unique philanthropic program that connects your brand to our mission, please let us know. We certainly appreciate your interest and look forward to learning about your priorities and to building a partnership that works for all.

Be an Ally

Give with a Donor Advised Fund (DAF)

You can make your contribution through a Donor Advised Fund. DAF's are a simple, flexible, and tax-efficient way to give to a charity allowing you to support our mission and receive an immediate tax reduction as you give your support over time.

Donate via DAF

Leave a Legacy

There are several ways you can defend the potential of children in our community for years to come. You can make a simple yet transformational gift through your estate plan that costs you nothing during your lifetime… Yet offers dividends long after you’re gone.

Please consider investing in a child’s future by making a gift in your will or trust, naming U.P. Kids – Big Brothers Big Sisters as beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement account, establishing a gift of real estate to take effect when you no longer need the property, gifts of stocks and securities, or exploring other gifting methods available. 

As with any gift planning option, consult with your financial and tax professionals for advice specific to your situation. Including a provision for U.P.Kids Big Brothers Big Sisters in your estate plan is the ultimate way to continue investing in your values even after you're gone. You can find a charitable plan that lets you provide for your family and create a legacy of defending the potential of the youth in the U.P.

To discuss the potential impact of a DAF contribution and Legacy Gifts contact: Maggie Munch – BBBS-U.P.Kids Program Director at (906) 487-9855 or bbbs@upkids.com to have a conversation. Leave a legacy that lasts forever.

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Need to learn more? Potential is everywhere! 

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