Big Brothers Big Sisters Names 2008 Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year

Honorees to Accept Awards at 2008 National Conference from Presenting Sponsor,
Comcast Corporation

ST. LOUIS, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Brothers Big Sisters this week
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.
Kaper and Mills will be honored at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 24, at the St.
Louis Renaissance Grand and Suites Hotel during the Big Brothers Big Sisters
National Conference. They will accept their awards from Conference Presenting
Sponsor, Comcast.
"Our top volunteers deserve recognition. They represent a quarter million
men and women who know the challenges American children face and are making a
difference in their lives," said Judy Vredenburgh, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters. "We are also extremely
thankful to Comcast, our Presenting Sponsor -- a company committed to our
solutions-based approach to dealing with issues such as school drop out rates,
juvenile crime, drug use and poverty."
Miriam Mills, Big Sister of the Year
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.
Lloyd Kaper, Big Brother of the Year
The 2008 Big Brother of the Year is Lloyd Kaper, of Hamilton, Mich., who
met his Little Brother, Christopher Walto, nine and a half years ago through
the Big Brothers Big Sisters Kalamazoo agency. A self-employed manufacturing
components salesman, husband, father and grandfather, Kaper felt compelled to
help his community by helping children. Walto, now 16, said his Big Brother
has taught him how to carve wooden toys and collect arrow heads. He said
Kaper encourages him to be a better student and credits his Big Brother with
helping him earn Eagle Scout status.
For more information and to join the movement to change how our children
are growing up in America, contact http://www.BigBrothersBigSisters.org.
SOURCE Big Brothers Big Sisters

Kelly Williams of Big Brothers Big Sisters, +1-215-665-7795,
Kelly.Williams@bbbs.org