Big Brother Friendship Spans 30 Years

David Loughran's 'Big Brother' Is Now 95 Years Old, but the Two Are as Close as Ever.

It was an unlikely friendship -- a 7-year-old-boy and a 65-year-old man.
David and Chester reflect on the impact their friendship has had on their lives.

But 30 years later, a relationship that started through the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America program, is still going strong, even though the "big brother" is now 95 years old.

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[SusanBaudelaire]

This is so great to hear.

[therainbowbear]

One of the elementary schools in the town I live in has a site based program with BBBS. Kids from the high school can sign up and match meetings are every Thursday. You can’t leave the school and adults are always supervising you, but as a volunteer I can say we still mean the world to the kids. I have been going every week for three years now and my little is one of my best friends.

[jmonkei]

of course this story made me cry waaay before he started crying in the video...when he started crying I started crying harder....Very Inspirational. I filled out my application today to become a Big Brother. I Pray that it turns out ok. =)

[filterpen]

Great story! Very inspiring.