54 - Wednesday, June 1

. 1985 - North Shore News

BIG BROTHERS

Everybody
needs Dad

From Page 50

recognized the necessity of

having a male role model,”
said Slinn.

John Boks, counsellor for
the North Shore chapter of
Big Brothers, confirmed
Slinn’s statement. When a
boy reaches seven, the
eligibility age of becoming a
little brother, most single
parent mothers begin to real-
ize he needs some male in-
fluence in his life.

Presently there are 60 ac-
tive Big Brothers on the
North Shore, but at least 20
kids are on a waiting list so
more are needed.

Boks says the median age
for a big brother is 30 years
old and the average stay is
three years.

But then there is Bill
Barker, a septuagenarian
who likes to take his little
brothers water skiing and
boating ‘‘because they keep
him young.””

And another Big Brother

of his little
and

has seen one
brothers grow up
become an airline pilot.

Eric Stinn, who is younger
than most big brothers,
recently graduated from
UBC in social work and this
September is being recruited
for the Vancouver Police
force.

Slinn says he’d be the first
to admit that he didn't get
into voluniecring just to
volunteer. ‘‘It's good ex-

perience for getting a job,”

although that's secondary to
helping kids like Jesse."

The four to six hours a
week that he spends with
Jesse is doing ‘‘regular
things’’. He says some big
brothers like to be big
spenders and make a pro-
duction out of every outing.
“They're professional guys
and | don’t make that kind
of money,"” he says. ‘So we
do regular kinds of things.
Often Jesse just likes to tag
along and be with me and
my friends. Maybe once

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Big Brothers came to
Vancouver in 1957, but since
the early seventies it has
been a thriving organization
branching out all around the
Lower Mainland.

Its origin goes back to
New York at the turn-of-
the-century wen a group of
philanthropists got together
to help some poor, needy
boys in trouble.

If you want more infor-
mation or are interested in
becoming a Big Brother,
contact John Boks at
Capilano Community Ser-
vices, 600 West Queens,
North Vancouver, or call
988-7115.

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