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Monterey, Calif. - March 14, 2005 - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monterey County is gearing up for their national campaign for kids, Bowl for Kids' Sake. The event will be held at Valley Center Bowl in Salinas on Saturday, April 2 at 3:00pm.

Bowl for Kids' Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters largest national fund-raising campaign, raising over $19 million last year for nearly 400 local affiliate agencies. Thanks to the Bowl for Kids' Sake campaign Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors have influenced the lives of over one million children in thousands of communities across the nation.

The primary way revenue is generated from the Bowl for Kids' Sake campaign is by individuals collecting pledges from their circle of contacts.  Participants get to bowl two games, enjoy refreshments and entertainment, participate in raffles, and receive a commemorative T-shirt. Each participant just needs to raise a minimum of $50.00 in pledges. Join this exciting campaign for kids by downloading a pledge sheet form at www.bbbsmonterey.org.  Pledge sheets will also be available at Valley Center Bowl in Salinas, Monterey Lanes in Monterey, and at the Big Brothers Big Sisters offices in Monterey and Salinas.

The money raised from this fun event helps Big Brothers Big Sisters match at-risk boys and girls with carefully screened and trained volunteer mentors. These one-to-one matches have been shown to be an effective way to steer at-risk children away from such juvenile delinquency traps as dropping out of school, drug usage and teenage crime.

For more information contact Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monterey County at (831) 655-9231 or visit their web site www.bbbsmonterey.org.

Since 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been America's preeminent national youth-serving organization. The Big Brothers Big Sisters mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships between an adult volunteer and a child at risk with measurable impact. Today, the organization serves over 200,000 children, ages 5 through 18, in 5,000 communities across all 50 states.