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
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
topics as education, career
goals, and other aspirations.
Local Big Brothers Big
Sisters leaders brought the
so-called “Bigs in Blue” mentoring
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Cops with Canarsie’s 69th
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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,
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initiative to Kings
County after debuting it at
other precincts in the Bronx
and Manhattan using $50,000
they received from the dogood
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.
Leading by
example
Canarsie cops mentoring kids
in new after-school program