Each Child. Every Community.

Since December of 2017, Smart Start has sent over 8 million books to young children across North Carolina through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (DPIL)! This milestone is a testament to the hard work by our local partnerships across North...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  |  June 20, 2017 Press Contact: Heather Strickland 919-821-9564, 919-749-5013 hstrickland@smartstart.org The following joint statement from Dolly Parton and Cindy Watkins, President of the North Carolina Partnership for Children/Smart Start, is in response to the release of the...