Instruct: Given a question, retrieve relevant passages that answer the question.
Query: Who are the Big Sisters?
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose goal is to help all children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with volunteer mentors.
41,700 youth in over 1,100 communities.
Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies offer a range of mentoring programs to meet the needs of Canadian children and families. In the traditional one-to-one mentoring programs, one youth and one adult mentor meet twice a month for at least one year. Big Brothers Big Sisters also operates group mentoring programs for teenagers and clubs for newcomer Canadian youth.
Incoming grade 8 girls are paired with a grade 12 "Big Sister" who welcomes them to the school and who becomes their buddy and mentor. Each Spring the Little Sisters hold a thank you lunch for their Big Sisters. 
1902 Ernest Coulter, a court clerk, helps organize the first New York Children's Court, under Judge Julius Mayer; Ladies of Charity, later Catholic Big Sisters of New York, starts to befriend girls who came before the New York Children's Court 1903 Businessman Irvin F. Westheimer befriends a young boy in Cincinnati, OH; seeds sown for the start of Big Brothers in Cincinnati 1904 Coulter founds the organized Big Brothers movement by obtaining 39 volunteers, who each agree to befriend one boy 1912 The New York Times reports Big Brothers activity in 26 cities 1914 Coulter embarks on nationwide lecture tour on behalf of Big Brothers; planning begins for a national Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization 1916 Big Brothers work spreads to 96 cities 1917 The first national conference of Big Brothers and Big Sisters organizations is held in Grand Rapids, MI., leading to the later organization of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation 1923 Big Sisters work geared to African-Americans is underway in Louisville, KY and Brooklyn, NY; Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. becomes treasurer of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation; First motion picture based on a Big and Little Brother relationship is released by Paramount Pictures 1925 Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation holds its first conference for agency executives; President Calvin Coolidge becomes patron of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation 1930 Six hundred delegates attend a Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation meeting in New York City 1934 President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt become patrons of Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation 1940 National Committee on Big Brothers and Big Sisters service is created to continue to pursue the formation of a national group 1947 Big Brothers Association headquarters opens in Philadelphia 1948 Norman Rockwell produces the sketch that becomes a symbol for the Big Brothers Association 1951 Big Brothers of the Year Program begins, Associate Justice Tom Clark of the U.S. Supreme Court and J. Edgar Hoover are named 1952 Ernest Coulter dies 1958 Big Brothers Association is chartered by Congress 1969 Big Brothers Association grows to 150 affiliated agencies 1970 Big Sisters International is incorporated 1971 Big Brothers Association reports 208 affiliates 1977 Big Sisters International and Big Brothers Association merge, forming Big Brothers Big Sisters of America with 357 agencies, mostly independent agencies with their own nonprofit status and governing board 1984 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America occupies its new headquarters at 230 North 13th Street in Philadelphia 1985 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is honored with a commemorative stamp by the Postmaster General 1989 Public/Private Ventures begins study to gauge impact on youth of having a Big Brother or Sister 1995 Public/Private Ventures Study[2] research shows measurable, positive results on youth who have a Big Brother or Sister—seminal research in the field of youth mentoring 1997 President Bill Clinton holds Volunteer Summit in Philadelphia; Big Brothers Big Sisters plays key role 1998 Big Brothers Big Sisters International is founded 1999 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Columbus and Franklin County (Ohio) partners with Bank One, NA to create the Bank One Academy. This program becomes the model for corporate mentoring for high school age participants 2000 Big Brothers Big Sisters in Schools becomes a core program. Agreements with schools and volunteer-rich organizations such as churches, colleges, employers, and fraternities are emphasized. The Amachi Big Brothers Big Sisters program which matches children of prisoners with church congregants is piloted. 2001 The slogan "Little Moments, Big Magic" is introduced 2002 The Service Delivery System, consistent approach for providing services to children at all agencies is created to increase Big Brothers Big Sisters’ ability to offer quality services to greater numbers of youth 2003 President George W. Bush announces three-year $450million mentoring initiative in his State of the Union Address 2004 Founding agency Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City celebrates centennial anniversary. 2006 First Lady Laura Bush stars in a public service announcement to recruit volunteers across the nation 2007 Glamour Reel Moments was donating $1 each time someone downloads the title track (Up to $10,000)[3] 2013 Big Brothers Big Sisters moves its national office from Philadelphia to Irving, Texas. 2015 Big Brothers Big Sisters announced the relocation of its headquarters from Irving to Tampa, Florida.[4][5]
Big Daddies are mentally conditioned armed escorts to the Little Sisters, little girls who gather ADAM from corpses. The girls in turn interact with the Big Daddy, referring to it as "Mr. Bubbles" or "Mr. B" as they talk or sing to it gently, and mourn for them if they die. In order to gain higher level powers, the player must kill the Big Daddy escort and recover the ADAM from the Little Sister.
The Northern Nevada office was founded in June 2001, initially as a branch of the Las Vegas-based Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada agency.
In its first year, the Northern Nevada operation served 130 children by providing them with mentors.
In 2004, the Northern Nevada branch incorporated and became a separate organization named Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada. The advisory Board became the Board of Directors.
That marked the beginning of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City and the Big Brothers movement.
"We have known all along that Big Brothers Big Sisters' mentoring has a long-lasting, positive effect on children's confidence, grades, and social skills," affirms Karen J. Mathis, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s Past President and CEO, "and the results of this impact study scientifically confirm that belief."
In 1958, the Big Brothers Association was granted a Congressional charter. Big Sisters International was founded in 1970. Both groups continued to work independently until 1977, when Big Brothers of America and Big Sisters International joined forces and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
The Jewish Big Sisters was founded by Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, who as a volunteer in Children's Court lamented the lack of qualified staff to deal with growing numbers of girls she found in court. She established the organization with the recruitment of six volunteers to help deal with individuals cases. The work of the Jewish Big Sisters involved visits to the home of the individual "little sister" in cooperation with the central office in order to work on specific cases. A professional would make preliminary visits and at the appropriate time, a big sister would be assigned to the individual. Frequent reports on progress were required. By 1917, the organization had a staff of 250.
Big Brothers Big Sisters International was founded in 1998. BBBS International's mission is to promote and support the development of Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs throughout the world, operating independently in various countries. This is done by providing consultation, technical assistance, training and materials for NGOs wanting to develop this mentoring model.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a charitable youth mentoring program, and may refer to:
In October 2006, scenes for Eli Roth's horror movie "" were shot in Big Sister, as described on his blog and the Big Sister site.
On the date of the US premiere of the movie, 8 June 2007, an exclusive interview with Eli Roth was published on the Big Sister website.
In 2006, a BBBSNN club was established at the University of Nevada, Reno to serve as peer support for college students who volunteer with Big Brothers and Big Sisters, as well as to assist in recruiting other students to become Bigs. In 2006, the donation center was opened. The Carson City office was opened in 2007 in order to serve children from the Carson City, Minden and Gardnerville areas. The first office was in rented space in a church. After a fire burned the church, the office was moved to the basement of the Children's Museum for two years. The current location is on Carson St. in a storefront location.
Outside of protecting Little Sisters they rarely interact with anything else. They are incapable of speech and can only communicate via groans and grunts and roars. If a Big Daddy comes across the player character or a splicer it will not attack unprovoked. However, if either the player or a splicer gets too close to a Little Sister, the Big Daddy will assume an aggressive stance in attempt to scare off the transgressor. If either the Big Daddy or the Little Sister is attacked (intentionally or accidentally), the Big Daddy will retaliate against the attacker until it or the attacker is dead. A 'Hypnotize Big Daddy' plasmid can be obtained to hypnotize Big Daddies into protecting the player, but the Little Sister will be abandoned, so the player loses the chance to obtain ADAM. The lights on the helmet indicate their moods: Yellow indicates that the Big Daddy is indifferent to the player's presence, red indicates rage towards the player, and green indicates that the Big Daddy is hypnotized and friendly towards the player.
Big Star's Third refers to a series of tribute concerts built on Big Star's 1975 album "Third/Sister Lovers." Regarded as a "lost masterpiece," and described as "the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown," the material from "Third/Sister Lovers" was first played live and fully orchestrated in December 2010, when two dozen musicians performed it at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina. Since then, Big Star's Third concerts have taken place in the United States, the UK, and Australia.
Although the performers rotate from show to show, a core group of musicians, including Jody Stephens, Big Star's original drummer, Mike Mills of R.E.M., Chris Stamey from The dB's, and Mitch Easter of Let's Active have been involved in the majority of the Big Star's Third shows. 
Big Star's Third began with Stamey, who had collaborated with Big Star's Alex Chilton in the late 70s. In 2005, working with Cat's Cradle owner Frank Heath, Stamey recruited a group of musicians for a performance of Elliot Smith's "Either/Or." Several weeks later, Heath and Stamey discussed a performance of "Third/Sister Lovers" using a similar model. Stamey subsequently tracked down Carl Marsh, who had orchestrated "Third/Sister Lovers." Marsh volunteered to write out the scores to replace the originals, which had been lost, but needed the original multitracked recordings of the album to do so. Five years later, at Heath's urging, Stamey spoke to John Fry at Ardent Studios, where "Third/Sister Lovers" was recorded. Fry agreed to make some of the original multitracks available so that the written music could be accurately rewritten, and the unwritten parts deciphered, and, after speaking to Stephens -- who then managed Ardent Studios -- Stamey planned a trip to discuss the project with the reconfigured Big Star, who were rehearsing for a SXSW performance. The night before the meeting, on March 17, 2010, Chilton died of a heart attack. 
Eight years later, in June 1912, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt helped to form the “Big Sisters” organization. In 1921, the Big Brother and Big Sister Federation incorporated in New York State.In October 2010, Hector Batista was appointed as the new Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City.
The story received major changes over the course of development, with two of the most important relating to the player's character and the Big Sister. Initially there was only going to be one Big Sister who would continually hunt the player down throughout the course of the game and then retreat once she was defeated. This Big Sister was written as a Little Sister who, as she grew up on the surface, could not leave the memory of Rapture behind and eventually returned. The reason for the change, as explained by Zak McClendon, lead designer for 2K Marin, is "If you have a single character that the player knows they can't kill because they're so important to the story you're completely removing the triumph of overcoming that encounter with them."[32] Jordan Thomas, the game's director,[33] explains however, "The soul of the original Big Sister character still exists, but in the form of somebody you get to know over the course of the game."[34] The other major change was that the player's character, Subject Delta, is no longer the first Big Daddy, but rather the fourth prototype. He is, however, the first to be successfully 'pair-bonded' to a single Little Sister.[34]
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City's Young Professionals Committee (YPC) is a diverse group of dedicated men and women who volunteer their time, talents and energy to support BBBS of NYC's many mentoring and educational programs.
Haley (Sarah Hyland) fibbed on her college applications claiming that she is a Big Sister and Claire and Phil forced her to join the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. Now, she has to work as a Big Sister to her new "Little Sister" Annie (Alexis Fowlkes), something that she does really well causing Alex's (Ariel Winter) reaction. The two girls start fighting and Luke (Nolan Gould) interferes to make them stop and tells them that they were both bad big sisters to him. Luke's words make Alex and Haley to remember their old habits when they were younger and they were dressing up Luke, something that Luke is not happy about.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is one of the oldest and largest youth mentoring organizations in the United States. Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors children, all ages in communities across the country.
Big Sister/Little Sister: When a student enters her freshman year at Maryvale, she is partnered with a rising junior, who acts as her "Big Sister" during her first two years at the school. The school holds Big Sister/Little Sister events where the pairs can get to know each other better and form bonds within the different classes.
Mary Carter Smith (1919 – April 24, 2007) was a noted American educator who helped revive storytelling as an educational tool. She graduated from Coppin State University and was a teacher in the Baltimore City Public School system for thirty-one years. Additionally, she was a co-founder of Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Maryland, founding member of Big Brothers-Big Sisters of America, the Arena Players theatre company and the Griots' Circle of Maryland.
In response to the tragic events of September 11, Big Brothers Big Sisters NYC initiated this program to provide long-term help for children who lost a parent or close relative in the World Trade Center attacks.
Kam Yu-yee (Carol Cheng) and Kam Kat-cheung (Jacky Cheung) are siblings orphaned at a young age and were dependent on one another since. Yu-yee is a madame of a nightclub who is dedicated in her job is very loving towards her younger brother although she has never been fond of Kat-cheung's girlfriend, Jackie (Pat Ha), who he had met since childhood. In order to retaliate against Yu-yee, Jackie instigates a plan to elope with Kat-cheung, but they end up in a traffic accident on their way and rolled down a mountain slope where Kat-cheung was rescued by a dead spirit who has entrenched for two decades. Since Jackie failed to elope with Kat-cheung, she moves next door to him instead and calls her cousin, Benjamin (Natalis Chan) to retaliate against Yu-yee, much to the annoyance to Kat-cheung. Aside from battling Jackie, Yu-yee also wishes to seek a breakthrough in her career and spends major efforts pleasing her boss, Big Sister (Tang Pik-wan). Big Sister dearly misses her only daughter, Yuk, who drowned to death twenty years ago and holds a dance party annually to commemorate her. To please her boss, Yu-yee suggests to Big Sister she should plan a ghost marriage for Yuk and Yu-yee is tasked to find a ghost son in-law for Big Sister. As the completion time of her task is getting close, Yu-yee gives her brother's birthday and eight characters of horoscope and a jar of peanut powder posing as bone ashes to Big Sister for the ghost marriage. At the night of the wedding, Kat-cheung unknowingly gets drunk in big sister's mansion and sees Yuk dressed in a wedding dress and having deja vu of meeting Yuk before and spend the night together.