B - Educational

To assure that all children enter kindergarten healthy and ready to learn.

The Orange County Partnership for Young Children was founded as a nonprofit agency in 1993, as the first Smart Start agency in the state. The mission of the Partnership is to ensure that all young children arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed.

To ensure that every child in Onslow County has an opportunity for a brighter future.

To improve the quality of life for children and families in Edgecombe and Nash Counties.

To bring the people and resources of Gaston County together to address our county's most pressing needs: through the principles and best practices of collaboration, partnership and facilitation.

To strengthen and expand the services of Project Enlightenment, an early childhood program that promotes school success for Wake County's young children by educating children, teachers and parents through fundraising efforts.

To prepare children for success by providing resources to families and the community.

To bring students and farmworkers together to learn about each other?s lives, share resources and skills, improve conditions for farmworkers, and build diverse coalitions working for social change.

To support the Henderson County Public Library system.

To provide a margin of exxcellence for Randolph Community College by building a strong reloationship with the local community, acquiring and managing cotributions and funding activities that sponsers the college.