Frank Brou, 11, Lawrence, right, waves to Statehouse visitors on the top floor from the second-floor rotunda Thursday afternoon as he and others with Douglas County Big Brothers Big Sisters tour the Kansas Capitol. With Frank, from left, are his Big Brother match, Kevin Liu, Terraine Robinson, 10, with her Big Sister, Bessie Walker, and Hailey Jump, 9, with her Big Sister, Katherine Holloman, all of Lawrence. In addition to the tour, the group visited the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, met with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for a photograph and was introduced to the Kansas Senate and House.

‘Big Brothers’ and ‘Big Sisters’ from across the state took their ‘littles’ to Topeka as part of an event to honor mentoring relationships.