Below is a comprehensive list of news releases distributed on behalf of Wake County SmartStart.

If your a member of the media and have any questions regarding the attached releases, please contact Louise Bannon, communications director, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or via phone at 919-851-9550.

2010

• June 10, 2010 - WCSS Visits N.C. General Assembly

• June 7, 2010 - WCSS Asks Legistlators to Hold the Line on Early Child Care Funding

• May 10, 2010 - WCSS Holds Application Sessions for Wake County Pre-K Programs

• March 10, 2010 - Access to Quality Child Care and Parent Education Voted Among Top Priorities

2009

• Oct. 19, 2009 - Tip Sheet: Five Tips for Raising a Reader

• Oct. 13, 2009 - Join the Race to Support High-Quality Early Childhood Education

• Oct. 8, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart Board of Directors Introduces Measures in Response to 2009-10 State Budget Reduction

• Oct. 5, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart Hosts Professional Development Seminar for Child Care Center Administrators

• Sept. 28, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart to Step Up and Act for Children

• Sept. 24, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart to Present at North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference

• Sept. 10, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart Collaborates with Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina

• July 16, 2009 -  Wake County SmartStart Receives Grant From Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of North Carolina

• June 30, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart Receives Clean Audit Report

• June 22, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart Unveils Updated Web Site

• April 7, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart Early Childhood Programs Vital in Area Ranked "Most Amenable to Child Care"

• Feb. 3, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart's Wanda Fowler Receives Professional Recognition

• Jan. 26, 2009 - Wake County SmartStart's to Begin Processing Application for Wake County's Four Publicly-Funded Preschool Programs

2008

• Dec. 11, 2008 - Wake County SmartStart Elects Board Officers

• Nov. 19, 2008 - EWHS Senior Capitalizes on Internship Effort

• Nov. 11, 2008 - More at Four Classroom Extends Educational Experience to Easy Wake High School Senior

• Oct. 23, 2008 - Wake County SmartStart Welcomes New Board Members

• Oct. 2, 2008 - KB Home to Distribute over 1,400 Books to At-Risk Children in the Triangle Area

• Sept. 18, 2008 - Wake County SmartStart's Conscious Discipline Seminar to Benefit Child Care Providers, Parents

• Aug. 28, 2008 - Getting Fitter at Day Care

• Aug. 14, 2008 - Wake County SmartStart Receives $21,152 from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation in Support of Program to Reduce Childhood Obesity

2007

• Jan. 31, 2007 - WCSS Announces Joint Plan to Coordinate Registration with other Local, Publicly-Funded Pre-K Programs to Help Better Serve 4-Year-Olds, Families