page_title: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking east along 30th St at Big Brothers / Big Sisters HQ.
context_page_description: Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC is a 501 non-profit organization based in New York City whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that try to have a measurable impact on youth. Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC is one of the oldest and largest youth mentoring organizations in the United States, and has served more than 100,000 children since its founding in 1904.
context_section_description: In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Kent Coulter was seeing many boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these boys stay out of trouble, so in 1904, he set out to find volunteers and made his famous plea:
  "There is only one possible way to save that youngster, and that is to have some earnest, true man volunteer to be his big brother. To look after him, to help him do right, to make the little chap feel that there is at least one human being in this great city who takes a personal interest in him, who cares whether he lives or dies. I call for a volunteer."
  That marked the beginning of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City and the Big Brothers movement.
  When the first gentleman stood to volunteer, Big Brothers of New York City (the founding member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America) began. Coulter's audience, a New York City men's club of business and community leaders, immediately saw the strength of this brave new idea. By the end of the day, 39 men had volunteered, and thus 39 futures were salvaged.
  By 1916, Big Brothers had spread to 96 cities across the country.
caption: Headquarters
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