Big Brothers Big Sisters launches an online talent show, social contest featuring their Littles! Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend (BBBS) is excited to be hosting its first ever, online talent show, ‘The Big Talent Showcase’, featuring online videos of our Littles showcasing their BIG talents! The top four Littles were announced on Facebook LIVE by BBBS CEO Alva Striplin and Blake Dowling, BBBS Board Member and CEO of Aegis Business Technologies. Beginning today, each Little will be featured in their own Facebook Fundraiser giving supporters the opportunity to vote/donate for their favorite. The winner of Big Talent Showcase will be announced LIVE on Monday, October 5th. 2020 has brought challenges and disruption to the BBBS agency, especially youth served in the mentoring programs. Events have been cancelled and fundraising has been limited, so the Board and agency came up with The Big Talent Showcase to engage our community in our mission of one to one mentoring. Dowling‘s idea was molded into a virtual opportunity that would not only engage our community, but also the youth that we serve. All Bigs and Littles worked together creating and submitting videos showcasing the Little’s talent. “Watching and judging these videos was one of the most special opportunities I have had this year. I got choked up watching them and for my small idea to turn into something that brought a lot of smiles to those involved is so humbling and just fantastic. I can’t wait to do it again.” said Dowling. ”With your support for the Big Talent Showcase, we will be able to keep our kids connected during this time of social distancing, school closings, and stress related to the coronavirus,” stated Striplin. To learn more about Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend go to www.bigbendmentoring.org and follow The Big Talent Showcase on social media.
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“As Tallahassee’s oldest bakery, our company has lots of name recognition with a solid and loyal customer base. We advertise to make our business known to newcomers in the area, but we feel that our membership in the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce is a valuable part of doing business in Tallahassee. We have gained additional customers through our Chamber contacts and made many friends in the business community. Our membership in the Chamber has enabled us to meet and network with business people that we would not encounter in our usual day-to-day operations. This enables us to broaden our perspective on the nature of not only our business operations, but in being members of the general community of businesses that make up our city. In our many years of Chamber membership, we have been able to participate in conferences, workshops, seminars and other events that have helped our business to grow and improve through many connections with successful business people in all types of businesses. I would highly recommend membership in the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce regardless of business type whether retail, service or professional. Joining the Chamber will help you get involved and make connections that will improve your business and the community we live in.”
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