Not a Big yet? Volunteer now!

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resources for bigs

Program Policies for Volunteers (Hybrid Match).pdf
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AGES & STAGES
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BIG FACT SHEET
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CHILD SAFETY
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National Big Brothers Big Sisters website

MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership

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Downloadable Permission Forms

Attention Bigs: You must also have permission from your Match Support Specialist before you participate in any of the following activities.

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ITHACA YOUTH BUREAU LINKS

Ithaca Youth Bureau Website

City Of Ithaca Website

College Discovery Program

Youth Employment Service

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Archived activity emails

Running out of activity ideas? Take a look back at our weekly activity emails. Hover over the image to see what ideas are inside, then click on  to see the full email from that week.

2021

Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Apple Fest, Fossil Mania, Roller-Skating, Scratch, Explore, Go Noodle, Foot or Sock (Video).

Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Streets Alive, Moore Family Fun Fall Festival, Sunset Cruise, Ithaca Bike Rental, Chess, Chrome Music Lab, 10 Fun Questions for Kids, Kid Inventions (Video).

Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Roller Skating, Art Anywhere, School, Pictures, Poppets, Memory, Shadow Animals, 12 Illusions For Your Brain (Video).

Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, R2P Showcase, Highkey Science, Water Quality Cruise, Berry Picking, Magic Tricks, Bake Cookies, Virtual Coloring Book, Lego Stop-motion Video.

Conversation Starters, Would You Rather, Free Science Workshop, Swimming, Architectural Drawing, Virtual Show and Tell, Story Bird, Olympics, Baby Olympics (Video).

Trivia, 4H Family Fun Day, Farmer's Market, Circus, Art for Kids Hub, Tinker at Home, Wilflife Live-Cam, Believe Yourself (animated short video.)

Conversation Starters, Would you Rather, Take and Make STEAM Kits, Pick Blueberries, Catfest, Paint Together, Heads Up, Breakdance Class, Kid Vs. Adult Cooking Challenge (Video)

Trivia, Mutual Aid Block Party, Community Circus Show, Take a Hike, Shadow Puppets, Yoga, Coding, Elephant Toothpaste (Video)

Conversation Starters, Would you Rather, Ice-Cream, Cass Park, Playground Hopping, Skribblio, Lip-Sync Battles, Classic Card Games Online, 11 year-old vs. Olympic Gymnast (Video)

Conversation Starters, Would you Rather, Make Tea, Family Fun Day at the Park, Swim at Cass Park, Pick Raspberries, Mystery Sound, Taboo, We Got You (Podcast), Child Prodigy Music Video

Science Trivia, Robot Rumble in the Park, Free Community Science, Kidstuff Theater, Treman Park, Multi-player games online, Salt Dough, Mad Libs, Incredible Kids Video

Conversation Starters, Stewart Park Carousel, Empire Pass, Bike Rental, Strawberry Picking, Virtual Summer Adventure Kickoff, Outdoor Challenge, Digital Masterpiece, Nature Mandalas.

Conversation Starters, Alex Haley Pool, Alpaca Farm Tours, Anarchy Zone, Jeopardy, Monopoly, Lightening Scavenger Hunts, Kid President

Conversation Starters, Cascadilla Gorge, Strawberry Picking, Treman State Park, Word Scatter, 5 Second Rule, Paint Nails, All About Snakes

Conversation Starters, Disc Golf, Planet Walk, History Center, Origami, Dry Erase Science, Chrome Music Lab, Domino Video

Conversation Starters, Ithaca Bike Rental, Playground Hopping, The Anarchy Zone, Lip Synch Battles, Two Truths & A Lie, Mazes & Coloring Pages, Marcel The Shell.

Conversation starters, Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Outdoor School Visits, Dry Flowers, Marvel Superheroes, Shadow Puppets, Riddle Challenge, Funny Video

Conversation Starters, Owl Creek Trail, Free Science Workshop, Ice Cream in a Bag, Making Slime, Drawasaurus, Sorry or Guess Who, Questions Only, Water Experiments

Conversation Starters, trivia, Roy H. Park Preserve, Ithaca Bike Rental, Sciencenter, Bridge Building workshop, Stop motion videos, Yoga, Drawing tricks

Conversation Starters, Play Tennis, Wash Your Car, Tie Dye, Coding, Scavenger Hunt, Virtual Roller Coasters, Drone Footage of a Volcano

Conversation Starters, Grow Together, Cayuga Creamery, Picnic at the Park, Tour Buckingham Palace, Learn to Play Chess, Make Village People, Make Your Own Kite

Conversation Starters, Farmers Market, Ithaca Skate Park, Lab of Ornithology, Pictionary with a Robot, Northern Lights, Coloring Books, Painting Pots.

Conversation starters, chalk it up, frog hunting, baking, name more food, house party, online jigsaw puzzles, a singing puppet

Conversation Starters, Hike Taughannock Falls, Fly a kite, Visit the Farmers Market, Alphabet scavenger hunt, Pictionary, 5 second rule, shaving cream crafts.

Conversation starters, Free Science Workshop, Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve, March Madness, Chrome Music Lab, Mad Libs, Talented kids, Play classic card games, perfect baked potato.

Beebe Lake, Make Oobleck, Hang at the IYB, Toothpick sculpture, Heads Up, Skribbl.io, Hot Chocolate Bombs.

Sugar cube igloos, Build a snowperson, Make a snow mandala, Stop motion video, Play chess online, Virtual show & tell, Try not to laugh challenge.

Unstoppable bubbles, Snow volcano, Snow ice-cream, coding, Outdoor challenge, Virtual lessons, Origami Tetris blocks.

Snowballs, Cass Park, Cornell Botanical Gardens, Shadow puppets, Memory, Word games, Elephant toothpaste.

Five Below gift cards, Ice bowling, Great British bake-off, Winter Olympic games, Words with Friends, Valentine word search, Instructional drawing.

Ice Sculptures, Snowshoeing, Sledding, Poetry, Real board games, Drawing on your head

Box Cake Baking, Eldridge Wilderness Preserve, Ithaca Children's Garden, Virtual Paint Off, Animal Jam (App), Workout Fun

Ice-Skating, Fidget Spinner, Gingerbread Houses, Spot It, Magic Tricks, Play The Classics, Bake Cookies

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