Miriam Mills Picked as National Big Sister of the Year
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A Day in the Life of National Big & Little Sister
National Big Sister Award Speeches, June 24, 2008
Big Brothers Big Sisters names its 2008 Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year.
Lloyd Kaper and Miriam Mills represent the organization’s top volunteers, selected for the quality of their service and the impact they have on the lives of their Little Brother and Little Sister.
The 2008 Big Sister of the Year is Miriam Mills, a Marin County, Calif., Harvard School of Public Health graduate who has worked as a hospital administrator, first grade teacher, and law firm manager. Her Little Sister is 14-year-old Arleth Lopez. Mills says she and her Little Sister share a love of bookstores world cultures, wilderness and exotic foods. She said she is assisting Lopez, who “loves all things English,” in her pursuit to attend Oxford University and become the first member of her family to attend college. Click here for full article.
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Read how an anonymous donor gave a "Surprise Trip" to National Big Sister of the Year Miriam Mills and her Little Sister. The photo capturing the surprise news appeared on the PR Newswire in Times Square.