Who Can Be Referred?
Big Steps to Success is a mentoring program with a special focus on connecting children and youth (aged 6-24 years) in care or who have experienced adoption with mentors who share a similar lived experience.
By creating these intentional matches, the program helps provide valuable guidance, emotional support, and inspiration. Through meaningful relationships, mentees build confidence, skills, and resilience needed to navigate life’s challenges, taking the essential steps toward a successful and fulfilling future.
The program strives to:
- Provide a relatable role model and supportive friend who understands the complexities of being fostered or adopted;
- Promote the value of education, emotional resilience, and healthy relationships;
- Build self-confidence, trust, and the skills to navigate life’s challenges and make empowered decisions;
- Inspire leadership, personal growth, and the ability to make choices that shape bright futures;
Above all, create lasting change and meaningful connections that foster healing and hope. Many of our mentors describe this experience as life changing—not just for the young people they mentor, but for themselves as well.
Start a Referral
To learn more about becoming a mentor, volunteering, or donating to Big Steps to Success, please contact us today.
We thank you for your interest. Starting April 27th, 2026, volunteer enrolment will be closed until further notice. We will focus on intentionally matching volunteers and children who are currently on our waitlist.
