There are many reasons to love Dolly Parton. She's witty and a smart businesswoman. But my favorite reason to love Dolly is actually her philanthropic work. She founded the Dollywood foundation to support a number of areas, but one of the primary things her foundation does is to foster a love of reading in young children through a program called Imagination Library. In her county in East Tennessee, Imagination Library sends every child a free book a month in the mail, from birth to age five. The program was so successful, they now help other counties replicate the program. By partnering with the Dollywood Foundation, who has been able to build relationships directly with publishers to source books as affordably as possible, counties are able to offer this program at a relatively low cost. The Imagination Library program is in over 1600 communities, serving more than 1,000,000 children per year (find more information on program's website).
Also, the first book a child receives is always The Little Engine That Could. How's that for wholesome?
I had a professor in college who worked with her for a number of years. He said in real life, she is one of the most wonderful people you could ever meet, and exactly the way her public persona portrays her.
capncait on July 18th, 2017 at 03:57 UTC »
There are many reasons to love Dolly Parton. She's witty and a smart businesswoman. But my favorite reason to love Dolly is actually her philanthropic work. She founded the Dollywood foundation to support a number of areas, but one of the primary things her foundation does is to foster a love of reading in young children through a program called Imagination Library. In her county in East Tennessee, Imagination Library sends every child a free book a month in the mail, from birth to age five. The program was so successful, they now help other counties replicate the program. By partnering with the Dollywood Foundation, who has been able to build relationships directly with publishers to source books as affordably as possible, counties are able to offer this program at a relatively low cost. The Imagination Library program is in over 1600 communities, serving more than 1,000,000 children per year (find more information on program's website).
Also, the first book a child receives is always The Little Engine That Could. How's that for wholesome?
mdg-raampie on July 18th, 2017 at 07:08 UTC »
"It cost a lot of money, to look this cheap"
Love Dolly Parton
LilMoWithTheGimpyLeg on July 18th, 2017 at 08:59 UTC »
I had a professor in college who worked with her for a number of years. He said in real life, she is one of the most wonderful people you could ever meet, and exactly the way her public persona portrays her.