Start something in your community
Looking for a way for your company or organization to start something in your community? Become a community partner.
Community Partners.
Do your community a service. Start a community partnership with Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters. In making an impact on area kids, community partners make an impact close to home. Plus, they can build member teamwork and loyalty in the process. To find out more about a community partnership, please contact us.
In addition to organization-wide partnerships, high-level officers can be considered for board member positions at Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters. If your company is interested in placing a staff member on Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters Board or on the Effingham County Advisory Committee contact us.
Community Partners.
Because of you, hundreds of kids across Coles and Effingham counties (Illinois) and the surrounding areas have a renewed outlook on life and the potential to achieve their dreams. So, thank you:

2012 Bowl For Kids’ Sake Sponsors
We would like to acknowledge and give a special thank you to the businesses that sponsored our Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraisers in Mattoon, Charleston and Effingham.
Mattoon and Charleston Bowl For Kids’ Sake Event Sponsors
“Strike” Sponsors:
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, The Shirt Factory, Mattoon Bowl, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System, Consolidated Communications and First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust.
“Spare” Sponsors:
Eastern Illinois University, Innovative Staff Solutions, Charleston Exchange Club and Wireless Mike’s.
Event Sponsors:
Buffalo Wild Wings – Mattoon, Subway – Mattoon, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 88, Sarah Holsapple-Miller, Britton and Swann and Kim Holsapple.
Effingham Bowl For Kids’ Sake Event Sponsors
T-Shirt Sponsors:
Ad Hatters, Holland Energy and Effingham Truck Sales.
Event Sponsors:
Samuel Music, The Home Team – Kemme Construction, Effingham New Car Dealers Association, St. Anthony Parish, 1st National Bank of Dieterich, Vantage Outsourcing, Schuette Well Service, KBowl, Pagel Silver Dollar Lanes, Joe’s Pizza and Pasta, Deb’s Catering, Pizza Man, and Marsha Pederson.
Thank you for helping to make our Bowl for Kids’ Sake Fundraisers a success. We could not continue to provide our services to local area youth without you. We encourage everyone to frequent these businesses and thank them for their support.


