When Eddie, a character on the Fox sitcom 'til Death, signed up to be a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS), he found himself paired with a “little brother” who just happened to be an adult.
 
Although a punch line for the show, the problem it revealed is very real – that some children have a long wait until they are matched with a mentor, called a big brother or a big sister.
 
BBBS was able to ...