What is the Ambassadors Circle?
The Ambassadors Circle is a collaborative effort by Big Brothers Big Sisters current and former volunteers, former Littles, parents, staff, clergy and professionals who support the mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, an affiliate of the nation’s oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring organization.
The mission of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee Ambassadors Circle is to be an elite Philanthropic membership group that is designed to work alongside other professionals engaged in supporting the agency’s mission.
The vision is that by leveraging the relationships of its members, this group will be an effective liaison between the agency and the community we serve.
The goal of the Ambassadors Circle is to create a platform for members to build relationships, develop philanthropically and to expand their personal and professional horizons.
Why should you join the “Movement?"
Because we know that you are someone who desires to positively impact youth in our community and your believe in and support the mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Ambassadors Circle can provide you with an opportunity to make a significant impact. Some of the individual benefits of your Ambassador Circle membership includes:
- Opportunity to improve the quality of life for Middle Tennessee's children through affiliation with one of the nations's most trusted and effective charitable organizations.
- Work alongside and build relationships with a network of like-minded professionals who share your ambition and support of for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
- Have access to all agency events, enabling you to see your contributions at work by coming face-to-face with the agency’s children, families, volunteers and Board of Directors.
- Be invited to intimate quarterly events that enable you to have meaningful dialogue with some of the most prominent and well-respected business leaders throughout the county, many of whom are personally involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters.
- Have networking opportunities through social mixers in some of Nashville’s most happening venues.
- Build a well-rounded resume through inclusion of community service activities through Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Role of an Ambassador-
Members will be asked to:
- Recruit volunteers and donors of diverse backgrounds
- Establish and maintain partnerships with key people and organizations within our community
- Support the strategic initiatives of the agency by active participation and engagement agency activities
Each Ambassador will be urged to participate in two primary service areas within the agency:
- Volunteer Recruitment- Ambassadors are encouraged to serve the agency by assisting with the volunteer recruitment by leveraging their networks to help identify additional Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Ambassadors will be asked to help with the periodic recruitment related events and encouraged to solicit opportunities for Big Brothers Big Sisters recruitment presentations.
- Resource Development- Ambassadors are encouraged to also serve in the area of resource development by leverageing their networks to ledn further support to and participation in annual Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraising events. Ambassadors are encouraged to serve on an event or resource development committee that is of most interest to them.
Membership: $120 annual contribution ($100 for active Bigs)
Your annual contribution is 100% tax deductible and goes directly to helping Big Brothers Big Sisters provide one-to-one mentoring relationships for "at-risk" children in our community.
The Ambassadors Circle Leadership Lunch Series
The Ambassadors Circle Leadership Lunch Series meets at the office of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee. We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 12 to 1. It gives people a chance to socialize, network and receive professional development with special guest speakers from the community. Although the series is sponsored by the Ambassadors Circle, the luncheon is open to all professionals, membership is not required to attend a luncheon, however, RSVP is. For more information about the Ambassadors Circle (click here) or to RSVP for the Leadership Lunch Series please contact Chris.Suitter@mentorakid.org.
Guest Speaker Line Up for First Quarter:
January 11th: Leadership Lunch Series with special guest speaker Rita McDonald from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce. Rita is the Director of the ONE Nashville Campaign and will be sharing information about this initiative and other Chamber News.
February 8th: Leadership Lunch Series with special guest speaker Clint Boyd from Higher Ground Training. Higher Ground Training provides personal and professional training services to various corporate and community entities, including businesses, large churches, colleges and universities-anyone interested in enhancing the productivity of their people.
March 8th: Leadership Lunch Series with special guest speaker Joe Scarlett from the Scarlett Leadership Institute. Joe’s presentation is entitled “Build your Knowledge Base”. He will be sharing his lifelong learning experiences and showing us how to use our learning to enhance executive skills.
April 12th: Leadership Lunch Series with special guest speaker Nicole Dunigan from Coffee Talk Nashville & Pinnacle Financial Partners.
May 10th: Leadership Lunch Series with special guest Jamie Casler who is the Dir, J.V. Morsch Center for Social Justice at Trevecca Nazarene University. Jamie will be sharing a presentation entitled “Social Justice: A means of empowering the oppressed.” He will be talking about social justice issues in the world and how the average person can make a difference in their community and in the world.
June 14th: Leadership Lunch Series with special guest Rita McDonald from the Nashville Chamber. She will be talking about the ONE NASHVILLE, community initiative to support Metro Schools as well as sharing some workforce information on education.
Each session will be a great opportunity for personal enrichment, networking and a chance to get to know other Ambassadors and community leaders. Lunch is $5 per person and guests are welcome.
If you would like to learn more about joining the Ambassadors Circle, please contact Chris Suitter at (615) 329-9191 extension 229 or chris.suitter@bbbs.org.
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