Jack In The Box Helps Big Brothers And Big Sisters

antenna-ballThe Jack in the Box fast food restaurants are having their annual antenna ball fundraising event. They sell antenna balls with Jack’s image for $1 plus tax. 70 percent of every sale goes to Big Brother Big Sister organization which helps provide volunteer mentors for children between ages 6 to 18. The promotions conducted over the last 2 years raised over $700, 000 for this child mentoring organization. In 2009, more than $50,000 went to the Los Angeles branch of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Most of the funds contributed from the 2010 antenna ball promotion will go to helping mentor children from military families with parents serving overseas.

“We are extremely grateful for and proud of Jack in the Box’s support of our Military Mentoring programs, particularly at a time when so many families and military personnel can benefit from these services,” said Karen J. Mathis, the President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. “Independent studies find when served by Big Brothers Big Sisters, children facing adversity are more likely than their peers to perform better in school, make healthier and safer choices, and have positive interactions with their parents and others.”

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles

With over 50 years of service and experience, Big Brothers and Big
Sisters of Greater Los Angeles
has as their mission to help children
in need.  They do so in a number of ways.  They offer a one-to-one
mentoring program that offers needy children a chance to form a
lasting bond with a pre-screened adult who commits to working with the
child for one entire year.  They help children to strengthen their
sense of self-worth, to improve each child’s resilience, self-efficacy
and sense of future and more.

In the past year alone, 1670 at-risk children and youth from the
greater Los Angeles area were matched with carefully-screened
supportive adult volunteers.  90% of the children come from families
with annual household incomes at or below the Federal poverty level.
More than 75% of the children are from single parent households and
30% of the children are referred to the program through the L.A.
County Department of Children and Family Services.