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Child Safety
Seat Law
Illinois state
law requires that children under the age of
8 be secured in a an appropriate child
safety seat, whether that be a car seat or
booster seat. Children under 8 but
weighing more than 40 lbs. may ride in the
back seat with a lap belt only if there are
no lap/should belts in the vehicle.
Also, children 8-16 must be buckled in a
seat belt. |
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Match Central
allows you to get the latest news, utilize support tools, share
your experiences, ask questions and get ideas from one another.
Updated
regularly --
please
visit often for all the BIG news!
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Volunteer Awards - 2007
Big Brother of the
Year
– Dr. Ernie Tan
Big
Sister of the Year
– Paulette Mangionne-Korallus
Promising ‘Big’ of the Year
– Jay Johnson
Committed ‘Big’ of the Year
– Kristen Hulva
School-Based
Coordinator of the Year
- Martha Miranda Villegas, Lewis University |
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A NEW resource for our 'Bigs'
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Join
today!
A place for
'Bigs' to share experiences, ask questions, and seek
advice related to their match, with each other.
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A Year’s Worth of Mentoring Activities
for Bigs and Littles!
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Make
dinner together
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Go
out for dinner at an ethnic restaurant
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Make
popcorn and talk about what’s in today’s newspaper
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Go
to the library together
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Start a scrap book
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Make
a list of 'favorites'
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Learn a new skill together
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Volunteer together for a United Way project
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Go
to an old-time movie
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Go
to a concert, ballet, or opera
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Take
a tour of a friends job site
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Figure out how to program your VCR
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Visit a college campus
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“Find” a summer job in the classified ads
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Select a cool wardrobe from a catalogue and compare
tastes
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Go
bargain hunting/shopping
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Plan
a weeks worth of ideal means and figure out costs.
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Celebrate a friend’s religious holiday
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Go
shopping for a special person you both know
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Write a short story
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Talk
about credit cards and finances
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Go
on a hike
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Visit city hall or the county office building
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Plan
a hypothetical career and write a resume
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Watch a TV program and identify negative stereotypes
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Explore a new radio station together
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Take
photos of “unusual” sights
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Take
a long ride to “the end of the line” on public
transportation
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Look
up your state on the internet:
www.state.IL.us
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Draw
family trees and compare them
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Read
a selected book aloud
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Visit the zoo at feeding time
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Make
up stories about funny pictures you have collected
during the week
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Celebrate your names by crafting items via carving,
alphabet soup pins, drawing, etc.
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Make
a list of five people you admire-research them on
the internet
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Help
an elderly neighbor
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Make
a present for someone special
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List
and prioritize 10 values
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Visit the SPCA or local animal shelter; offer to
walk the dogs
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Play
board games together
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Go
to a professional ball game
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Make
an appointment at a cosmetology school and get a new
hair style or cut
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Rent
roller blades
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Visit a production plant via a prearranged
appointment
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Go
to a fish market, meat market, or other place where
food is not prepackaged
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Wash
the car
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Compose a letter to a politician on the computer
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Find
a place to sing Karaoke
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Pick
apples or other types of fruit in season
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Open
a bank account
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Bake cookies
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Visit
a junk yard and find one treasure
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Kids Club is a
FREE Club
for families and kids, up to 15 years old. Kids Club is designed
to help KIDS and their families discover the fun and exciting
programs offered in downtown Joliet. From baseball games to
exhibits, staged-performances to book clubs, special events to
on-going programs, Kids Club will help you and your family
discover FUN! Click
HERE
to Learn more about Kids Club
FREE member benefits
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Big Couple
of the year:
Genelle &
Salim Diab
Selected as
'Big Couple of the Year' are
Salim, a Chemistry professor at the
University of St. Francis and his wife,
Genelle, a sales associate for Kipling
Development. They are matched with
their Little Sister Julia.
Big
Brother of the year:
Nick Burnett
Nick
Burnett, a truck driver from Marseilles,
was selected as Big Brother of the
Year. He is matched with his third
Little Brother, Damien.
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BIGS: Important Reminder!
Please make sure you have your
Little's
updated Medical Card with you during all
outings! If their card has expired, please
contact us
and request a new one. Thanks! |
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Tax Information For
Bigs |
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Bigs
can deduct on Schedule A of their 1040 (if
you itemize) out-of-pocket expenses incurred
on behalf of your Little. Expenses include
things such as admission costs and meals;
however, you cannot deduct the portion of
costs related to yourself. So keep you
receipts from your activities together! (Rev.Ru.
70-519, 1970-2 CB 62, IRC Sec(s). 170)
As a Big you can claim a deduction for any
mileage utilized in charitable activities,
which is any activity you do for the agency
or with your Little. Corporate Bigs, you can
claim the mileage driving to and from your
Little's school. For more information, go to
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-05-78.pdf
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