Me & My “Little” BBBS and Madison House Grow Local Big Siblings Program by Jennie Tal Williams
When Adrian was 8 years old, he was a little bit withdrawn and a little bit anxious. Now he’s 14 and has spent the last six years as a “little brother” with Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of the Central Blue Ridge. “When I was younger, I wasn’t a kid that communicated with a lot of other people,” says Adrian. “Now I take pride in everything I do." Adrian attributes his more outgoing, and more successful, personality not to growing up but to growing up alongside his Big, Dave Koehn. “He’s been a big influence on my doing better,” says Adrian, who wants to start the JROTC program when he starts high school next year and eventually join the Marine Corps. “He kind of helped me come out of my shell.”
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