My "little"

My friend, Liz, is the area coordinator for Big Brothers/Big Sisters and asked me last spring if I would be interested in volunteering for their school lunch program this year. The school lunch program is a bit different than the traditional mentor program in that I will only meet with my “little” one time per week and will spend time with her during her lunch hour at school. So anyway, I said yes to volunteering, filled out the application, submitted references, went through a couple of interviews, and was finally accepted as a “big” for this school year.

Today, I finally received the call that I have been matched with a “little” and will meet her for lunch next Tuesday. Here’s what I know:

• Her name and school
• She is 8 & in the 3rd grade
• Her Dad is raising her alone and she has a younger sister who is also in the program
• She is not in the program because she has behavior problems, etc., her Dad just really wants her to have some positive female role models in her life
• School lunch is $2.00 nowadays!

Cute.

Should be interesting and fun!