Big Brothers Big Sisters | Nonprofit Film

The screen on this film reads 29th Annual Promising Futures Scholarship Ceremony, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, and #BBBScholars15. Students 14 and older who have stayed matched for a year promise to finish high school. The agency promises a $2,000 scholarship toward college, university, or an accredited trade school.

The scholarship program began in 1986 after an anonymous Central Texas donor funded an incentive for Littles to graduate and continue school. Agency history calls it the first program of its kind among the nearly 350 Big Brothers Big Sisters chapters then nationwide. Funds are paid to the school, $500 a semester for 12 or more hours and $250 for a lighter load.

Mentoring in Austin started in the early 1960s with Lonnie McArthur and Father Richard McCabe. Big Brothers of Austin incorporated on October 1, 1971, with Larry Guillot as the first executive director. The agency began serving girls in 1975 and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of Austin.

Who Hired The Camera

The Central Texas chapter booked a ceremony film so the promise on stage can travel to donors, Bigs, and families. The brief was the 2015 Promising Futures morning: the purple podium, the medals, and the people in the room.

What The Ceremony Held