SOUTH PARIS — The Child Health Center Big Brothers Big Sisters will have the annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake Event Saturday, March 20, at Hobb’s Lucky Lanes. The event supports the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program in the Oxford Hills community.

 To join the event, participants need to form a team of four bowlers. To
register a team or get pledge sheets, call the Child Health Center at
743-7035 or visit www.childhealthcenter.org and click on the Bowl For
Kids’ Sake icon. Each team member needs to raise $35 or more in support.

After registering, teams will bowl during their designated times.

The
Child Health Center offers both site- and community-based mentoring
programs. Throughout the year, more than 100 “Bigs,” who are high school
students and adults from the Oxford Hills area, meet with elementary and middle
school children, or “Littles,” to act as positive role models and offer extra support.

In the site-based program, Bigs meet for an
hour a week with a child in elementary and middle schools. Matches meet
for one hour a week during the school year. During their time together
Bigs and Littles work on school work, play games and spend time talking.

In
the community-based program, adults from the community are matched with
a young person ages 8 to 12. Bigs and Littles spend a minimum of six
hours a month together participating in a variety of activities
throughout their community.