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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, NOV. 25, 2018
BY BRIANNA KUDISCH
They’re Big Brothers and
Big Sisters in Blue!
Cops with Canarsie’s
69th Precinct are putting
neighborhood youngsters
on paths to success by mentoring
local kids as part of
a new partnership between
the precinct and do-good
group Big Brothers Big Sisters
of New York City.
The initiative pairs area
children enrolled in afterschool
programs with the
Police Department’s community
service arm, the Police
Athletic League, with
69th Precinct offi cials, who
will counsel the tykes to
forge better connections
between them, New York’s
Finest, and the neighborhood
in general, according
to a Big Brothers Big Sisters
bigwig.
“These mentoring relationships
have a remarkable
impact on both the young
people we serve, and the
community at large,” said
Jon May, the interim executive
director of the group’s
city chapter.
The do-gooders already
paired some 20 local tots
with authorities, all of
whom came out on Nov. 14
for a ceremony at the Police
Athletic League center
at Canarsie’s public Breukelen
Houses to kick off the
one-year program, during
which mentors will meet
monthly with the youngsters
after school to talk
about such topics as education,
career goals, and other
aspirations.
Local Big Brothers Big
Sisters leaders brought the
so-called “Bigs in Blue”
mentoring initiative to
Kings County after debuting
it at other precincts in
the Bronx and Manhattan
using $50,000 they received
ALL EARS: Police with the 69th Precinct listened intently to the kids they are mentoring as part of the
department’s new initiative with Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC. Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC
from the do-good group’s national
arm and health-care
company Well Care, according
to a rep.
The program currently
serves some 75 youngsters
citywide, and organizers
plan to expand it to more
precincts, but the rep did not
specify which of those may
be in Brooklyn, or when it
would debut elsewhere.
Canarsie cops
lead by example
Police offi cers mentoring neighborhood
youngsters in new after-school program
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