Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Columbia Gorge - The Next Door

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Columbia Gorge provides one-to-one mentor relationships with a caring volunteer to at-risk youth in Western Klickitat County. The role of the volunteer is to provide friendship and support.  

In the community-based mentoring program, children are connected with a caring adult mentor. These “matches” (a “Little” and their “Big”) spend 8-10 hours per month doing things they both enjoy, like fishing or baking. To become a volunteer mentor, an individual must be stable and dependable, at least 18 years old and pass background screening. In-home interviews help to match the adult’s interests with the child’s so the Big and Little have things in common from the start.