March Champions for Children Event
Corporate Champions met at Bright Horizons, an on-site, back-up child care facility serving Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina employees, on March 26 to review strategies businesses can adopt to support young children and their families.
Pictured from Left: Rachael McDaniel, Bright Horizons; Robin Miller, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Norht Carolina; Marsha Basloe, Durham’s Partnership for Children; Michael Palmer, Durham-Duke Neighborhood Partnership; Cindy Ray Keene, Time Warner Cable; Agnes Speight, Merck; Josh Parker, Developer; Nigel Birtwhitsle, Bright Horizons; Marie Ramirez, Bright Horizons; Stan Pace, Verizon; Deborah Harris, Bright Horizons; Ken Kernodle, Duke Energy; Alan DeLisle, City of Durham; Steve Toler, Steve Toler LLC; Dave Clark, Wachovia; Barbara Rothschild, Scientific Properties
Time Warner Cable grant to support State of Durham's Children event
The Partnership is thankful for the generous support of Time Warner Cable for a $3,500 grant to help support the Second State of Durham’s Children: Engaging Business for Educational Progress.
The event will build awareness with the business community that learning is a never-ending continuum. Come see what Durham is doing to enrich and shape the stages of the educational process, from birth through post-secondary levels, to help create a workforce prepared to face the challenges of today’s global economy. The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd and will feature Governor Jim Hunt as Keynote Speaker.
Michael Palmer receives Duke University Employee Service Award
Board Chair Michael Palmer was chosen as a winner of the Duke University Employee Service Award for his outstanding work in the community which includes his work leading the board of Durham's Partnership for Children. The Partnership congratulates Michael on the honor and for all he does to improve the lives of young children across Durham County.
Join us for Tuesdays for Tots - May 20th
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 20. This year, Durham’s Partnership for Children will participate in an advocacy event called Tuesdays for Tots.
During the legislative session, local partnerships reserve Tuesdays to travel to the NC Legislature to talk with their delegates about the impact Smart Start funded programs have on young children and their families.
Tuesdays for Tots brings child care providers, parents, business leaders, representatives from the faith community, local officials and other to Raleigh to meet with our local legislators.
The Partnership will have a chartered bus departing the Jim and Carolyn Hunt Child Care Resource Center at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast will be available on the bus. The group will return to Durham from the legislature between noon and 12:30 p.m. For more information on this event, contact Karine Stallings, 403-6960 x221 or karine@dpfc.net. Need tips on how to be a Champion for Children? Download this tip sheet: A Dozen Ways to Advocate for Young Children and their Families.
2008 Community Report highlights parenting tips, Durham directory of serves for young children and their families
Durham’s Partnership for Children thanks The Herald-Sun for in-kind support of the 2008 Community Report.
This year’s report features tips for caregivers to help manage children with behavioral challenges and tips for preparing children for kindergarten. Durham’s Partnership will be distributing 7,000 copies of the report to Durham libraries, grocery stores, doctor’s offices and community agencies, including our funded programs.
If you would like copies for your business, agency or child care facility, contact Karine Stallings at 403-6960 x221 or karine@dpfc.net. Download the English version of the community report.
Seven family child care home providers benefit from computer drawing
Veronica Jones, the top winner, takes home a personal computer that she says will be placed in her classroom to enhance learning for the five children she educates in her five-star family child care home, Visions Childcare Center.
In March, Durham’s Partnership for Children sent letters to four and five-star family child care homes to encourage them to enter into a drawing to win refurbished computers.
Seven lucky winners won the used computers. Veronica Jones from Visions Childcare Center; Yiaohong Bi from Happy Star Daycare; Linda McDougald from Raven's Wonderland; Sue Carruthers from Sue's Home Daycare; Shabaka Brannon from Brannon's Home Daycare; Lottie Hayes from Lottie's Love N' Care and Joyce Johnson from Teddy Bear Lane were the seven winners out of 28 entries.
The giveaway was an effort to put decommissioned assets back into the community to support early care and education. Since family childcare home providers often wear the hat as business owner, the Partnership staff thought making the computers available to them would not only support their work with children, but also help them with business functions of their jobs.
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