Big Brother Geoff, a 28 year old engineer, and Little Brother Jeremy, age 13, were matched in March, 1995. Over the 5 ½ years they were matched, Jeremy experienced school difficulties, a family move out of our Agency’s immediate service area, fatherhood at age 15, and minor scrapes with the law and with family members.

Geoff persisted as a positive, consistent role model in Jeremy’s life, through difficulties that would have discouraged many volunteers. Geoff was nominated, by Jeremy, for "BIG BROTHER OF THE YEAR", in 1999, and received the award, with Jeremy reading his nomination letter, at the Agency Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.

Geoff was transferred to California in 1999, and the match officially ended, but the friendship has continued. Jeremy passed his GED test in 1999, joined the United States Navy in 2000, and is currently (August, 2002) stationed aboard the U.S.S. JFK aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, as a plane captain. Geoff is working in Barcelona, Spain for six months, and the match recently reunited in Tarragona, Spain.