When he was 11, Terrell Blue’s mom was in prison, his 3-year-old brother had just died, and his dad “was in and out of jail.” Knowing he needed a role model, Blue’s aunt enrolled him in Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, one of the oldest and largest mentoring programs in the nation. That was in 2010 and it took months for Blue and his Big Brother, 21-year-old Terence Daniels, to form a bond. But, as Daniels consistently showed up each week, “we got closer and closer,” says Blue. Over the next decade, Daniels, a former Little Brother himself, says he worked hard to “instill the right values and give Terrell options.” When Blue joined the military, Daniels, who’d joined in 2009, offered support and advice. When Daniels was named national Big Brother of the Year in 2017, the pair traveled to California together for the ceremony. When Blue suffered …
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