More than 9,000 youth served since 1979 with over 216,000 hours of mentoring; agency programming expanded into seven parishes
Lake Charles, LA – September 5, 2024 – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana, the region’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, is marking 45 years of service to the youth of Southwest Louisiana. What started as a small, sponsored program of Family & Youth in 1979, is now a thriving independent agency serving seven parishes with one core belief – inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life.
