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Bowl Your Hearts Out
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: March 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cashiers Highlands is hosting Bowl For Kids’ Sake, happening on Saturday, March 16, at Galaxy Lanes and Games, 347 Jackson Plaza in Sylva.
Bowl For Kids’ Sake, 2023
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cashiers Highlands is looking for teams to compete in its Bowl For Kids’ Sake Tournament, set for Saturday, March 16, at Galaxy Lanes and Games in Sylva.
This annual event raises important funds for the mentoring programs coordinated by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina. Teams can expect to have some fun and, at the same time, provide support to local youth.
Money raised during this annual event helps community children by enabling BBBSWNC staff to recruit and vet prospective Bigs, who commit to being a steadfast presence in the child’s life for at least a year. Supported by professional BBBS staff locally in each of the 18 Western North Carolina counties that BBBSWNC serves, these matches have shown that they improve a child’s success in school and in life.
The theme of this year’s Bowl For Kids’ Sake – “Support Your Sport” – reflects BBBSWNC’s commitment to improving its Littles’ reading skills. BBBSWNC is enlisting literacy partners locally to make books and reading more available to Littles here at home. The literacy initiative is meant in part to help local children make up ground they lost during the pandemic. Plus, reading is fun!
As in former years, Bowl For Kids’ Sake invites bowlers to raise money and create or join a team online. Bowlers are asked to raise at least $50 each from their friends, family members and co-workers, so that the four- to five-member teams raise at least $250. Bowlers will bowl for two hours (shoe rental is included) while having a blast. There will be door prizes and contests. Costumes are encouraged, using Support Your Sport as inspiration.
BBBSWNC has dozens of children waiting for a Big Brother or Big Sister. Bigs spend as little as an hour every couple of weeks with their Little, just hanging out and talking. Some Bigs start out with their Little at school, during school hours. Some matches move on – or begin – as Community-Based Matches and do things like hike, bike, get a snack, or participate in other activities, many of which BBBSWNC organizes or has discounts for.
Caregivers and prospective Bigs can learn more at bbbswnc.org.
The place to register and learn more about Bowl For Kids’ Sake is secure.qgiv.com/event/bfks2024.
