Business Session on Thursday, March 18th at 3:30pm
Friends & Family session on Friday, March 19th at 7:00pm
We are excited to announce that this year's Bowl for Kids' Sake will become a virtual Trivia for Kids' Sake! This is a fun and easy way for you and your company, friends, or family to support the life-changing work of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri, while being socially distant and safe!
If you care about kids and can spare an hour and a half to have fun with your friends, then Trivia for Kids' Sake is for you!
It's easy to get started! On the TOP LEFT HAND SIDE of this page, choose either Team & Individual Registration or Sponsor a Trivia Team. Choose your individual, team, or sponsor level and the day/time that works best for you and we will send you a Zoom link.
Prizes include Andy's Frozen Custard gift cards
for each Team Member that wins a single round during each trivia round
and a special Grand Prize for each session:
Business Session on Thursday:
Team dinner at Shakespeare's Pizza and a Special Happy Hour Gift Basket!
Family Session on Friday:
Team dinner from Domino's and a Special Friends/Family Activity Package!
After you register/sponsor your team, we will reach out to you to request the names of your team members, their t-shirt sizes,
and to pass along more detailed information about participating in the event.
About Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri
The 2021 Trivia for Kids' Sake benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri.
By supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri, you are helping children facing adverse experiences gain the skills and support system necessary to become healthy, productive members of our community.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri serves children of single parent families, children with an incarcerated parent, children of active and fallen military, children in longer term foster care, and those who are referred to us by school or other agency personnel. Over 400 youth are served yearly in our community, school, and site based mentoring programs.
We partner with parents/guardians, volunteers, and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving:
- Higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships
- Avoidance of risky behaviors
- Educational success
Locally and nationally, we know that the Big Brothers Big Sisters method of mentoring works in the short and long term:
Short Term- Not only does Big Brothers Big Sisters change the life of individual youth in the program but there is also a significant impact to our whole community.
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Among our current Littles, there is a 0% drop out rate compared to Columbia Public Schools' rate of 2.3% in 2018, Mexico Public Schools' rate of 3.1% and Moberly Public Schools' rate of 2.0%.
Compared to when they started the program, after one year of participation:
- 71% of Littles report improved grades in school.
- 24% more Littles say they planned to finish high school.
- 30% more Littles have plans to attend and graduate college.
- 36% more Littles say it isn’t ok to use illegal/illicit substances, skip school, break school rules or hit someone.
Additionally, Littles are less likely to become teen parents, less likely to use drugs, less likely to commit a crime, more likely to graduate high school and more likely to attend college than their peers.
Long Term - Harris Interactive surveyed adults who had a Big Brother or Big Sisters as a youth and compared them to adults from similar demographics that didn't have a mentor and found that Little Alumni were:
- More likely to have a college degree
- More likely to make more money
- More likely to be involved as a volunteer in their community.