Springfield's Big Brothers Big Sisters Merges With Central Illinois Affiliate

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Daisy Contreras

Published August 28, 2019 at 3:07 PM CDT

The local Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois Capital Region has merged with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois in order to continue operations.

The local Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois Capital Region has merged with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois. The Capital Region affiliate served Sangamon, Christian, Macoupin and Montgomery Counties.

Board president Brad Zara said the merger comes after years of financial struggles. Zara spoke to reporter Daisy Contreras about the decision. Listen to the interview with Brad Zara.

This post will be updated.

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Daisy Contreras

Daisy reports on statehouse issues for our Illinois Issues project. She's currently a Public Affairs Reporting graduate program student at the University of Illinois Springfield. She graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with an associates degrees from Truman College. Daisy is from Chicago where she attended Lane Tech High School.

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