Yesterday, September was named 'Big Brothers Big Sisters Month' in Portage!  Mayor Irvine Ferris signed the proclamation.
 
Executive director Dawn Froese explains, this Big Brothers Big Sisters Month has a theme.
 
"Our theme for the month is imagine," she says. "Imagine what a child can become because you've been involved in their life. Through the years I've had the chance to imagine, and to see what happens. Good things happen as the kids grow to be adults, go to postsecondary school, come back to the community, work in the community and give back as well."
 
Mayor Irvine Ferris goes on to say, he believes that Big Brothers Big Sisters is a community-building organization and encourages people to help out the cause.