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Mummy wrapping contests, face painting and eating donuts on a string topped the festivities at the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Group Halloween party for nearly 30 kids from the Big Brother Big Sister Metrowest Program last month.
“The kids and staff dressed up, ate pizza and enjoyed arts and crafts,” said Michele Elms, PA-C, who has been a big sister to two girls in the program for the past seven years. She worked with primary care staff from the physician group at Brigham and Women’s Ambulatory Care Center at 850 Boylston St. to organize the party.
The Big Brother Big Sister Program is one of the largest adult-to-child mentoring organizations in the nation and serves more than 3,500 youth in Massachusetts. A dedicated volunteer, Elms has become close with her two little sisters, now 14 and 16. “They’re really like my little sisters,” she said. “We text message each other all the time, and I never go two weeks without seeing them.”
Elms has taken Kelly and Cassandra camping, whitewater rafting, to dinners in Boston and to the movies, among other activities. Now that the girls are older, Elms is helping them prepare for college and think about their futures. This weekend, she is taking Cassandra to visit her alma mater, Clark University, to get an idea of what a college campus is like.
“The program is all about spending time with kids and exposing them to things they otherwise wouldn’t be,” Elms said. “It changes lives for these kids. And as a big sister or brother, you get just as much out of it as you put in, sometimes even more.”
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