Show Support For Dolly Parton's Imagination Library!
At least 4 states have cut funding for this amazing program or attempted to eliminate it.
Dolly Parton created the Imagination Library in honor of her father, who could not read or write.
What started in her home county in Tennessee has grown into an extraordinary literacy movement that now distributes millions of books every month.
The idea couldn't be simpler:
Put books in children's homes.
But in the last year, at least 4 states have cut funding for this amazing program or attempted to eliminate it.
Help us support these kinds amazing programs that help every child read.
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Missouri dramatically reduced state funding for the Imagination Library, forcing the state to suspend new enrollment.
Washington lost state funding for its statewide program.
Kentucky lawmakers considered a major reduction before public pressure helped restore the funding.
Finally, while Indiana eliminated its state appropriation, the Governor's wife raised money to help support it.
This program is cherished by millions of children and families, and getting books into children's hands is what we're all about.
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If funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library disappears, it doesn't just affect a program somewhere else. It affects your children and families in your community.
It could mean a child on your street stops receiving a new book every month.
It could mean a new parent in your town can no longer enroll their baby.
And it could mean families who cannot afford to buy new children's books lose one of the easiest ways to build a library at home.
Even if you don't have a young child, you have a stake in what happens next. Children who develop strong reading skills become the students in your schools, the workers in your community, and eventually your neighbors, business owners, taxpayers, and community leaders.
Helping children discover books early is an investment whose benefits can extend far beyond an individual household.
Please take a moment to sign and share the petition, or send a postcard today!