‘Tremendously Rewarding’
Local Big Brothers Big Sisters Sets The Bar As ‘Premier’ Mentoring Agency
“Big sister” Corinne Makarewich (left) and her “little,” Annie Dennison, 11, both of Harrisonburg, play at Ralph Sampson Park in Harrisonburg on a recent afternoon. The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Harrisonburg-Rockingham County served more than 700 children last year, the most of any chapter in Virginia. (Photos by Nikki Fox / DN-R)
Karl Waizecker of Massanutten (right), a volunteer with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Harrisonburg-Rockingham County, and his little, Leo Lopez, 12, of Harrisonburg, shoot hoops at Ralph Sampson Park in Harrisonburg recently.
HARRISONBURG — Leo Lopez’s first order of business is to change the music.
Soon after hopping into Karl Waizecker’s car, the 12-year-old Thomas Harrison Middle School student scans...
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