Now Parton’s Dollywood Foundation, home of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, has made a $4.5 million investment to help launch the Nashville Public Library’s new early literacy program, called Begin Bright.
According to the Nashville Public Library Foundation, the $4.5 million investment marks “the most significant gift” in the foundation’s 27-year history.
Begin Bright will help ensure that every Nashville child starts kindergarten reading early, by delivering a Little Library filled with Parton’s Imagination Library books and a slate of Nashville Public Library resources to every childcare center in the county.
The Foundation initially aims to raise $20 million for Begin Bright’s implementation and to build an endowment that sustains the program.
Nashville Public Library Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization that raises private support for Nashville Public Library (NPL).
Interim Library Director Terri Luke said, “We are honored to join Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in this first-in-the-nation partnership.
Nashville Public Library is committed to setting our city’s young children on a pathway to reading success. »