Big Brothers, Big Sisters holds virtual recruitment session for more mentors, friends

Big Brothers, Big Sisters are holding a virtual recruitment event Wednesday with the hope that more adults will step up and become friends and mentors for local children.

HAPPENING TODAY...THERE IS ABIG PUSH TO GET MORE ADULTSINVOLVED IN THE BIG BROTHERSAND BIG SISTERS PROGRAM.WCPO 9 NEWS REPORTER ALLYKRAEMER HAS THE SCOOP ON HOWTO GET INVOLVED AND THEGREATER IMPACT THAT THESEVOLUNTEERS HAVE IN OURCOMMUNITY.RIGHT NOW THERE ARE HUNDREDSOF KIDS ON THE WAITING LIST -THESE ARE KIDS WHO ARE RAISINGTHEIR HANDS AND SAYING, I WANTA FRIEND, A ROLE MODEL,SOMEONE TO TALK TO AND LOOK UPTO.

BUT THEY NEED MORE BIGBROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS TOFILL THOSE ROLES.I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TOLATOYA SHERRELL'S KIDS, LAMARAAND WILL, WHO ARE BOTH IN THEBIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERSPROGRAM.

LATOYA SAYS THEY GETTOGETHER ABOUT TWICE A WEEK TOPLAY SPORTS, GO SWIMMING, DOHOMEWORK AND REALLY JUSTHANGOUT TO LEARN MORE ABOUTONE ANOTHER.

THE PROGRAM ISPARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL TOLAYOTA BECAUSE BACK WHEN SHEWAS JUST 11-YEARS-OLD SHE WASIN THE PROGRAM AND REMEMBERSSPENDING TIME WITH HER BIGSISTER.Latoya Sherrell/Kids in BigBrothers Big Sisters "I was aformer person who had a bigsister growing up so it wasvery important for my childrento have the same love that Ihad.

I gained a lot from thefamily, I learned differentthings that I didn't learnwith my family so that was oneof the reasons I signed mychildren up."HERE'S WHY THERE'S ALSO SUCH ANEED FOR BIG BROS/BIG SISTERS- LATOYA HAS ANOTHER DAUGHTERWHO IS ON THE WAITING LIST FORTHE PROGRAM.

BUT IMAGINE HOWHARD IT IS WHEN THE OTHER TWOGET TO GO DO FUN THINGS WITHTHEIR BIGS BUT SHE HAS TO STAYHOME.

SO THE VIRTUALRECRUITMENT EVENT IS TODAY AT12:00 - I'M GOING TO SHARE ALINK ON TWITTER AND ONWCPO.COM.

YOU CAN HOP ON,LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM,THERE'S NO COMMITTMENT, IT'SPURELY JUST A WAY TO GET MOREINFORMATION IF YOU'RE EVENCONSIDERING GETTING INVOLVED.REPORTING LIVE, AK, WCPO 9NEWS.