Spring Issue
Welcome to the Spring issue of Voices for Young Children. In this issue, you will:  
 
  • Learn about Docs For Tots North Carolina and the impact in developing community engagement among pediatric residents at Duke University Children's Hospital and Health Center. 
     
  • Discover more about the Week of the Young Child: Children bringing communities together.
  • Catch up on the latest news inside Durham's Partnership for Children, a Smart Start Initiative.
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    Community Voices Column:
    Docs For Tots Program builds pediatric advocates who are more informed about child development in the early years
    Community Voices features Julia Wacker, Docs For Tots Program Coordinator, to share her work engaging pediatric residents at Duke University about issues that affect child well being and development.
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    Bring communities together for children
    Durham County Government proclaims April 19-25 the Week of the Young Child.
     
     
     
    The Partnership Spotlight
    Get connected to your local partnership.
    Get the latest Partnership news>> 

    Tuesdays for Tots: Get on the bus!
    We stand to lose vital services to young children due to the proposed cuts in the state budget.Tuesdays for Tots is critical to our advocacy efforts. Join us on May 19, 2009 for our annual trip to the NC Legislature.  

    We are the champions to our youngest children-stay in touch for the latest updates. 
    Educate. Advocate. Activate. Sign up now for the Champions for Young Children Action e-Alert at Champions4YoungChildren.net.

     
     
    Point, click, fund-raise! 
    Good Search and Good Shop donates a portion of your money to Durham's Partnership for Children based on your online online purchases and online searches! Visit http://www.goodsearch.com/ and list the Partnership as your cause of choice.
     
    Durham's Partnership for Children 
    1201 S. Briggs Ave Suite 210
    Durham, NC 27703
    919-403-6960 (phone)     919-403-6963 (fax) 
    Copyright 2009

    brochurebabyweb.jpg Community Calendar
    Looking ahead...
     
     
    •• National Smart Start Conference May 5-8, for more details, visithttp://www.ncsmartstart.org/

     

     

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