I’d like to personally thank everyone for letting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota (St. Cloud) be a part of this year’s ARM/BBBS event once again. I was wearing the green t-shirt; the chaperone’s chaperone as some of you kidded me about – we make it a practice to have a staff member present at events and I’ve been lucky enough to go to this each of the past two summers — it is easily my favorite.
I appreciate the great lengths you all must go through to host an event such as this and would like to pass along special thanks to James Holst, Steve Vick, Steve Greene, and Shane Hildebrandt for all your help. I understand a group of guys kicked in to buy bait also – very kind.
The kids, or Littles as we call them (no relation to Mike), all had a blast and have been doing some serious fishing since we got back. I’ve also had several parents call to tell me that their child has been jabbering almost nonstop about the ARM event and how much fun they had; they send their thanks as well. The volunteer chaperones, or Bigs, had an equally good time – one Big Brother has been a part of our organization for 13 years and he told me this is without a doubt the most fun he and his Little Brother have had at any activity…now that’s saying something!
I will continue to sort through the photos I receive and appreciate your understanding in regard to obtaining permission before posting. As before, I think the bright eyes and smiles tell the story best. Any questions about this process, or about Big Brothers Big Sisters, please don’t hesitate to ask. (This is my first experience with online forums/posting, etc. so bear with me if there’s much of a learning curve). Some of you who guided our matches may get written thank you’s in the mail. I plan to post others that come to me via e-mail. I hope you are proud, because this experience means so much to everyone who participates – 100% of our matches who went this summer or last want to do it again if given the opportunity. I’ve been with BBBS for about 5 years, and I can tell you that just doesn’t happen with other events. Thank you for making a difference in these children’s lives and for the memories you helped to create!
Erin Brown
BBBS
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from ear to ear…With the help from our guys and gals….Not just them but It’s people like you who take this as a job…the littles in this world have something to look forward to just knowing there are people like you in this world trying to help head them down the right channel…
Thanks Erin and everyone involved, It’s people like you that really make the difference 
