Tag: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

The Dollywood Foundation, home of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, today announced Give Like Dolly Day on September 25, a global day dedicated to supporting local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Programs and honoring Dolly’s extraordinary legacy of inspiring children to dream big and develop a lifelong love of reading. As Dolly often said, “If you can read, you can do anything, dream anything and be anything.”  At the heart of Give Like Dolly Day are the thousands of Local Imagination Library Partners around the world who help carry Dolly’s mission forward in their own communities. ...

The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) and the Smart Start Network join families and communities across North Carolina and around the world in mourning the passing of Dolly Parton, beloved entertainer, philanthropist and founder of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. “The Smart Start Network is deeply saddened by the passing of Dolly Parton,” said Amy Cubbage, President of the North Carolina Partnership for Children. “Her belief that every child deserves access to books and the opportunity to develop a love of reading transformed the lives of countless...