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PERMISSION...
>A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
FRIENDS...
A CHANCE TO CATCH UP OVER
DINNER...
WHEN YOU'RE A BIG BROTHER... AND
A LITTLE BROTHER...
GO SIMPLEST OF THINGS... CAN
WAY...
>>>HOSTESS: HELLO HOW ARE YOU
GUYS?
>>JOHN: DOING WELL..
>>SERVER: HOW MANY?
>>JOHN: TWO..
>>HOSTESS: OK, RIGHT THIS WAY,
DO YOU PREFER BOOTH OR TABLE?
>>JOHN: BOOTH IF POSSIBLE..
A NIGHT OUT AT DENNY'S...
>>YEAH, I'LL JUST GET THE
CANBERRY MEAL AND THIS TIME
I GET A SHAKE?
>>FOR JOHN AND TRE'VON... THIS
IS MORE THAN JUST A MEAL.
IT'S A CHANCE TO CONNECT...
ABOUT TYPICAL TEEN-AGE STUFF...
>>DID YOU GET MODERN WARFARE FOR
THE XBOX OR THE PLAYSTATION?
>>TRE'VON: XBOX, BUT I'LL TRY
PLAYSTATION,R THE
SO WE CAN PLAY IT ONLINE.
>>JOHN: THAT'D BE COOL.
>>AND STUFF EVERY PARENT WANTS
TO KNOW...
>>JOHN: HOW'D YOU DO IN YOUR
CLASSES LAST SEMESTER?
>>TRE'VON: LAST SEMESTER I GOT
SAME'S. IM GONNA DO THE
THIS SEMESTER.
>>JOHN: AWESOME.
>>JOHN AND TRE'VON HAVE BEEN
THREEG OUT... FOR NEARLY
YEARS NOW...
>>WAITRESS: ALRIGHT, HERE'S
MOREANANA SMOOTHIE.
WATER FOR YOU?
>>JOHN: NO, I'M FINE, THANK
YOU.
>>THEY MET THROUGH BIG BROTHERS
BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO...
>>JOHN: I HOPE I CAN BE A GOOD
TOMPLE. GIVE HIM SOMETHING
MORAL FOR. BE A BIT OF A
COMPASS.
>>TRE'VON: I'M NOT GONNA LIE,
THE FIRST TIME MY MOM TOLD ME
ABOUT BIG BROTHERS, BIG
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA
BE BORING, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET
GOT IT. BUT AS SOON AS I
ATO IT, I REALIZED IT WAS
REALLY REALLY FUN PROGRAM.
>>JOHN: ARE YOU STILL PLANNING
FORT.NG THE UM, TREE
WHEN THE WEATHER GETS BETTER.
>>TRE'VON: YEP.
>>JOHN: NICE.
>>SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT LADY
FAMILY,. THINGS WITH
OFNGS WITH SCHOOL. A LOT
TALK, I THINK WE JUST
ABOUT VIDEO GAMES....
HE'S STILL AT THE AGE WHERE LIFE
HASN'T GOTTEN SUPER COMPLEX
JUST YET.
>>NOW THE TWO ARE BEST OF
FRIENDS... INSEPARABLE.
EVEN AFTER JOHN BECAME A NEW
FATHER TO A BABY GIRL.
>>JOHN: IT'S GOOD. I WAS AWAKE
AGAIN THIS MORNING, AND
AT 7.
>>TRE'VON: AND HE STILL HANGS
OUT WITH ME!
OUTHN: AND I STILL HANG
WITH HIM..
>>PHOTOS SHOW THE ADVENTURES
THEY SHARE OUTDOORS... FROM
SNOWBOARDING TO FISHING..
>>I GOT TO DO A LOT OF THINGS,
SNOWBOARDING.
THINGS I WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE
WITHOUT JOHN.
>>WITHOUT JOHN I WOULD HAVE
NEVER GOT OUT, WENT ICE
FISHING, I WOULD HAVE NEVER RODE
A BIKE ON A MOUNTAIN, I WOULD
NEVER DONE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
REALLYD WITH ME, AND I
APPRECIATE IT.
>>BUT AT ITS CORE... IS THE BOND
BETWEEN A BIG... AND A LITTLE...
>>IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE
FOR ME, I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM
TRE'VON ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO
AKE TO BE A LEADER AND BE
MENTOR TO SOMEONE AND IVE REALLY
APPRECIATED THAT.
>>A GOOD MEAL...
>>DENNY'S HAS THE BEST PANCAKES
AND EGGS THAT I COULD EVER WANT.
>>AND A FRIENDSHIP THAT WILL
TRE'VON'SEYOND
CHILDHOOD.
>>TIL I TURN 18, THEN I'LL JUST
BE HANGING OUT WITH JOHN AS
FRIENDS...
>JANUARY IS NATIONAL MENTORING
MONTH...
7NEWS IS PROUD TO PARTNER WITH
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS IN THIS
IMPORTANT EFFORT.
WEBSITE...THE
DENVER CHANNEL DOT COM... AND