‘Tremendously Rewarding’

Local Big Brothers Big Sisters Sets The Bar As ‘Premier’ Mentoring Agency

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Posted: June 16, 2012

By DOUG MANNERS

“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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