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Thank You!
To all who attended and supported
Smart Start of New Hanover County's 2009
Breakfast for Children's Champions!  
Click Here for pictures and a recap of the event. 
 
 
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To be competitive in the new world economy, children must be as prepared as possible to enter school.

This is why Smart Start of New Hanover County works to make sure children in New Hanover County get the health services, family support, and early education experiences needed to start school healthy and ready to succeed.

Smart Start is a winner of the Ford Foundation’s Innovations in American Government Award.

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Smart Start of New Hanover County seeks to build bridges to develop, sustain and enhance health, family support and early education services for all children, ages birth to five.
"The foundations of social competence that are developed in the first five years are...[the] same social skills [that] are essential for the formation of lasting friendships and intimate relationships, effective parenting, the ability to hold a job and work well with others and for becoming a contributing member of a cummunity."

- National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
("Children's Emotional Development Is Built into the Architecture of Their Brains," April 2004)


Smart Start of New Hanover County
3001-B Wrightsville Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403