3,335 YOUTH SERVED THIS YEAR!
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WHERE OUR YOUTH LIVE
City of Boston | 1,759
Northern Suburbs | 551
North Shore | 70
Lowell-Lawrence Area | 40
Metro-West | 194
South Coast | 142
Quincy, Plymouth, Brockton | 174
Cape & Islands | 294
Other | 9
BIG OF THE YEAR 2022
BIG OF THE YEAR BRAD DIXON AND LITTLE AYDEN LI VARGAS
Brad Dixon, BBBSEM’s 2022 Big of the Year’s mentoring journey began nine years ago when he found himself an empty nester looking to do more in his community. A proud father of two daughters and grandfather of six, he knew he had more guidance to instill in a young person.
Together with his Little, Ayden Li Vargas, they forged a mentoring relationship that has grown to be like family. In their early days together, they bonded playing soccer and basketball where Dixon would attend as many of his performances and athletic games as he could. In more recent years, the duo’s focus became helping Li Vargas to achieve his goal of being the first person in his family to go to college. The soon to be high school graduate was recently accepted into all eight of the Massachusetts state universities where he applied. He looks forward to starting school at Framingham State University in the fall where he will study Computer Science.