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Polk County

Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Polk County

Area Program Coordinator: Jessica Toney, jessicat@bbbswnc.org

Phone: 828-429-7626

 

 

Please designate Polk County as the recipient of this donation.

Once winds died down, BBBS fanned out into community

As soon as the skies cleared after Hurricane Helene, we were organizing to help our Littles and their families in our devastated mountain counties. In the past few days, we’ve shifted from delivering food, water and other supplies to passing…

We have even more graduating Littles/High School Bigs to celebrate!

This is the time of year when we’re happy for our graduating Littles but also sad to see them leave the program. This year we’re celebrating six graduating Littles – all from Buncombe and Transylvania counties – and a bunch…

BBBS Polk and Rutherford Counties has a Super Saturday in Tryon

BBBS Polk and Rutherford Counties had a fabulous time March 16 at Super Saturday in Tryon. High School Big Sister Kylie, Big Sister Jessica, Big Sister Brooke and her Little Sister Lexi painted hundreds of faces. Council member Lynne came…

Bowl For Kids’ Sake Henderson Polk Transylvania had a great time!

Check out these photos to see the fun and the teams who bowled March 2 at Tarheel Lanes during Bowl For Kids’ Sake. Thank you, bowlers and supporters! All photos by Joey Popp and Jane Ollis.

We’re celebrating eight new matches on New Match Monday!

Big Sister Annie, our AmeriCorps member for Transylvania County at Brevard Academy, was matched with Little Sister LeiArra. They are excited to play soccer, read together, and talk about all things animal-related (LeiArra has 7 dogs, 6 cats, chickens, ducks,…

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