Check out the video and decide whether the children or the adults look happiest. We think you’ll agree they all look delighted to be there. The red carpet only gets rolled out once a year in Lynnwood, the home of our Washington region corporate headquarters, for a group that’s always decked out for their first […]
Big Brothers Big Sisters and Comcast Bring Mentoring Beyond School Walls in Lynnwood
Students from Woodside Elementary School in Everett will gain a special learning experience outside their classroom this school year, thanks to the Beyond School Walls program, a partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County and Comcast. The 22 fourth- and fifth-grade student “Littles” will meet with Comcast employee “Bigs” at Comcast’s Lynnwood market offices and call center for one-to-one […]
Bigs & Littles Meet at Comcast Red Carpet Kick-off of ‘Beyond School Walls’
Maybe it was the smiles of the kids or the funny sunglasses they were wearing or the even bigger smiles of the Comcast employees who greeted their “littles” with homemade signs. No matter the reason, there is always something special about the opening day of a Big Brothers Big Sisters Beyond School Walls program. This […]
Woodside Elementary Students Get the Red Carpet Treatment: Comcast’s Big Brothers Big Sisters ‘Beyond School Walls’ Program Arrives in Washington State
Update on 12/22: here’s a very nice story from the Everett Herald about this event. I love Big Brothers Big Sisters. Mentoring a young person delivers life-changing benefits for both the “Bigs” and the “Littles,” as Big Brothers Big Sisters likes to call their participants. The problem is that many people ask, “Who has the […]