The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay is to partner with under-resourced families to provide their children with transformational, one-to-one professionally-supported relationships with caring adult mentors, so that their children will thrive. Our vision is to inspire, engage and transform the communities of Massachusetts Bay by helping youth achieve their full potential, contributing to healthier families, better schools, brighter futures and stronger communities. 1948. A group of community leaders met at the Boston City Club to discuss their concern for fatherless boys in Boston 1949. A group of community leaders met at the Boston City Club to discuss their concern for fatherless boys in Boston From that meeting, Big Brothers Association of Boston was formed. Created as a non-sectarian, interracial, interfaith service, in its first year 10 Big Brothers were matched with Little Brothers. 1948 1949 1990 2006 2016 A group of community leaders met at the Boston City Club to discuss their concern for fatherless boys in Boston From that meeting, Big Brothers Association of Boston was formed. Created as a non-sectarian, interracial, interfaith service, in its first year 10 Big Brothers were matched with Little Brothers. 1990. For several decades the agency grew and changed. In the late 1990s, we began matching girls and women in response to a request from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to serve the Cape Ann area. A group of community leaders met at the Boston City Club to discuss their concern for fatherless boys in Boston From that meeting, Big Brothers Association of Boston was formed. Created as a non-sectarian, interracial, interfaith service, in its first year 10 Big Brothers were matched with Little Brothers. For several decades the agency grew and changed. In the late 1990s, we began matching girls and women in response to a request from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to serve the Cape Ann area. 2006. We merged with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands, and acquired Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Attleboro — two agencies serving both boys and girls. At this time, to better reflect the regions and children we serve, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America granted our name change to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay. 2016. We will serve 2,400 boys and girls in long-term, one-to-one mentoring friendships. We have supported over 17,000 matches since our inception.