Welcome to the Orange County Partnership for Young Children
The Partnership is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that every child in Orange County arrives at school healthy and ready to succeed. We focus on the early years of a child's life—from birth to age five—which is the most critical time in a child's development.
The Partnership works collaboratively with the community to identify issues and create solutions to the concerns facing young children and families. We design and fund model programs to ensure children and their families have the resources they need to get off to a smart start. Our programs focus on early childhood education, child health care, early intervention, parenting education and family support.
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2012 Child Care Conference
Enhancing Programs to Improve Children’s Health Conference for Orange County Child Care Centers
June 2, 2012 9:00-2:00 Spanish for Fun Academy, 1001 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC
Would you like to learn:
• How to make your childcare center a healthier place for children?
• How to improve your playground to include more outdoor learning components and settings?
• How to improve your nutrition program to make your centers meals healthier?
• How to add physical activity to your program inside and outside?
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Healthy Kids Day & Healthy Classroom Challenge
Thank you to everyone who came out to healthy kids day this year! despite the clouds and cold we had a great crowd.
Thank you to our presenting sponsor 1360 WCHL
-Johnny T-Shirts
-PHE Inc.
-Piedmont Electric Membership Corp.
2012 NC Pre-k RFP
Bidder’s Conference: Please RSVP to Cherie Brooks, OCPYC Office Manager at cbrooks@orangesmartstart.org if you are planning to attend the Bidder’s Conference on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 10:00-11:00pm, in the Orange County Partnership for Young Children’s Office, 120 Providence Road, Suite 101, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Application Deadline:
Friday, May 25, 2012
Complete Applications must be received
in the Partnership office by 12:00pm.
No fax or email copies allowed.
Submit the Original and three copies to:
Orange County Partnership for Young Children
120 Providence Rd., Suite 101Chapel Hill, NC 27514Attn: Linda Hindman, Program Manager
Request for Proposals Documents
12-13 NC-Pre-K Application
NC Pre-K Budget
2012 Art Tour
February/March:The ArtsCenter
April:Chapel Hill/Carrboro YMCA
May:Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce
June: Carillon Assisted Living
July:Orange County Library
August: Orange Co. RBC Centura Branch Locations
September:Weaver Street Market
October: Triangle SportsPlex
November: Kidzu Children's Museum
Join Our CSA!
The Transplanting Traditions Community Farm is now accepting orders for our 2012 CSA ! 14 of our 22 refugee families will be growing for the CSA putting all that they learned during the 2011 growing season to practice. The families spent the winter participating in The Refugee Agricultural Partnership Project’s Grower’s School which was 8 weeks of agricultural, business and marketing training with a total of 30 hours of training. All of the families graduated with flying colors!
Email Kelly Owensby at KOwensby@OrangeSmartStart.org for additional details, questions and to sign up for the Transplanting Traditions Community Farm CSA.
Veggie Gardening 101
Come learn basic techniques and tips to grow vegetables in your home or community garden. Monthly
classes will be offered at the MLK Jr. Park community garden at 1120 Hillsborough Road in Carrboro.
Classes will be held on Sunday afternoons once a month beginning in February. Classes in English will be
from 2:00-3:30PM. Classes in Spanish will be from 4:00-5:30PM. Everything from soil preparation to
harvest will be covered. Classes will be held rain or shine.
Veggie Gardening Information Flyer
IN THE NEWS
The Partnership has joined the ranks of Facebook. Please check us out at the link below. The page will be an outlet for the most recent photos and video for the Partnership and will be a great way to communicate with the community.
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The Orange County Partnership for Young Children
120 Providence Rd.
Suite 101
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
P:919-967-9091
F:919-933-1008
ocpyc@orangesmartstart.org
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