Big Brothers Big Sisters; Executive Director Gina Mashburn

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

 

- Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

 

"You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is to help each other and not hurt each other."

 

- Stevie Ray Vaughen

 

 

 

There's only one race - it's human. We are all brothers and sisters.

- Jack Kemp

 

 

Siblings

 

       I have never been as close to anyone as I have to my sisters. I'm sure that they have been the biggest influences on my life. We were always together when we were little. Now we each live in a different states but we still turn to each constantly for advice, to tell a funny story , or just to bounce ideas off of each other whenever we need help thinking something through. I couldn't imagine my life with my sisters. I simply cannot comprehend it.

 

       Big Brothers Big Sisters is definitely a possibility for me if the volunteering at CASA doesn't work out for some reason. I would love the opportunity to give a child in need the chance to experience something even remotely close to relationship that my sisters and I have. I feel like if I could be that for a child, I could make a real difference.

 

       I loved the story the Mrs. Mashburn told about the little boy that had to wait for a Big Brother, so he went and told a football player to apply for the program, I thought that it was precious! It makes sense that there are more female volunteers for BBBS than male simply because girls are more drawn to this instinctively and there are more females on the planet than males, but Inever thought about how this would impact volunteer programs.

 

      I think that BBBS and CASA wirk very closely every now and then; or they could if they coordinated with each other. I have been keeoing BBBS in mind while volunteering at CASA. I wonder if it will be helpful whenever I;m old enough to be an advocate when at CASA when I'm old enough. We'll just have to wait and see!

 

      I admire the level of organization within BBBS, the careful comsideration that goes into chosing each volunteer, and I am very supportive of what they are doing!