More than 100 vulnerable young people in Melbourne are benefiting from the mentoring of older "siblings" through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, writes Claire Halliday from The Age newspaper, and the matches often result in lasting friendships.

Giving that often intangible "something back" to the local community can be attempted in many ways. For some, it's that one afternoon a fortnight spent sorting clothes at the neighbourhood charity store; for others, occasionally reaching for the spare change to give to trafficlight tin-rattlers is enough to fill some hole of human kindness.

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