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Some 35 volunteers spread out among the nooks and crannies of the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club on Gallimore Road Saturday to get the 25,000-square-foot clubhouse spick and... — Updated 8/18/2021

Caitlyn Murray, who as education director of the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club spends much of her time working with club members and their school teachers, recently turned to a... — Updated 6/8/2021

This month, the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club is getting a boost in its efforts to honor teachers as part of its annual fund drive. A California woman who grew up in the Southea... — Updated 5/10/2021

Jenny is a wisp of a girl, at 6 weighing little more than 35 pounds and not 4 feet tall. She has few toys. She wears tattered pink jeans. She has sad eyes, and almost no happy... — Updated 4/1/2021

Two Brevard girls who have virtually grown up at the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County have been chosen for the highest honors among the club's nearly 200... — Updated 3/10/2021

While the pandemic has restricted or closed a number of businesses and organizations in the area, others have risen to its challenge, even increasing their activities. The... — Updated 12/2/2020

The Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club is expanding its services and its physical facilities on Gallimore Road despite the financial pressure caused by having to cancel two of its... — Updated 11/23/2020

During the election season an "October surprise" can mean trouble for a politician, but for the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County one brought smiles when... — Updated 10/29/2020

The Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County has received more than $100,000 in grants that are allowing it to ease financial burdens on its member families during... — Updated 8/15/2020

Since the day when Sarah Rae St. Marie came to the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club as a bright new face seven years ago, she has grown with the club, climbing up the leadership... — Updated 4/27/2020

The classrooms and hallways of its closed clubhouse on Gallimore Road may be silent and still these days, but the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club is buzzing with activity anyway.... — Updated 4/17/2020 Full story

It's one of the most popular programs at the Children's Center of Transylvania County: high school students pick up infant dolls on Fridays, and by Monday morning they've had a... — Updated 4/1/2020

"Relationships are everything," said Vic Durrah, smiling. He then added, "I've never met a stranger." For Durrah, meeting and greeting people, quickly making friends of new... — Updated 2/3/2020

Scores of volunteers at the Children’s Center of Transylvania County are scurrying through a checklist of last-minute preparations for one of the area’s major holiday... — Updated 11/27/2019

A diminutive sophomore girl at Brevard High School, called "pretty amazing" by the staff of the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club, has been named the Club's Youth of the Year, a... — Updated 4/22/2019

She may be 82, but Annette Kilgore still has plenty of energy to produce mouth-watering baked goods in her Magic Chef gas oven. She says God guides her every move. "The love of God... — Updated 11/7/2018

School bells may be silent these days, but there are plenty of sounds coming from the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club during its busy summer program. There, crowds of children... — Updated 7/3/2017

The high school kids pick up their babies on Fridays and by Monday morning they've had a sobering dose of what it's like to take care of an infant. They're not real babies, but... — Updated 4/3/2017

If you're looking for something to spice up your chili this weekend, try having it dished up by a zombie! That's the way the youngsters at the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club... — Updated 10/20/2014