Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island (BBBSRI) through their social enterprise Donation Center is embarking on new ways to engage community partners by creating a fundraiser where everyone benefits, including you!
The steps are easy.
- Register your fundraiser by visiting us at BigsRI.org/DonateRI Once registered, someone from BBBS will reach out to you within 2 business days to confirm all your details.
- Start collecting donations! Invite your friends, families, co-workers and supporters to give you their donations of clothing, shoes, and other fabric items. Your organization will get paid for every pound collected!
- You can either drop off your donations at one of our Donation Centers or we can pick it up from your location!
This partnership not only helps fund community initiatives, it also provides a source of sustainable funding to support hundreds of one-to-one professionally-supported mentoring relationships across the state. Tax-payers will see a long-term benefit as well. The less textiles being disposed of through municipal waste and transfer stations, the less towns will have to pay to have it hauled away.
“This is just one of numerous ways we have been supporting the community by giving back for over 50 years,” said Chief Executive Officer, Katje Afonseca. Each year, our mentors volunteer between 80 - 150 hours, the community helps us divert 3 – 5 million pounds of reusable fabric from our landfills, and countless youth have experienced the benefits of our mentoring programs. “These acts of generosity yield incredible outcomes and represent true investments in the future of the youth of Rhode Island.”
To learn more about the role mentoring plays in our community or to set up a Big Fundraiser of your own, contact our Business Manager Taylor Millspaugh at Taylor@BigsRI.org or call us at 401.921.2434.
