{"id":25217,"date":"2026-09-06T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=25217"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:07:52","slug":"sylum-charity-dolly-partons-imagination-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-charity-dolly-partons-imagination-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Charity: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library<\/span>\u00a0is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

Inspired by her father\u2019s inability to read and write Dolly started her\u00a0Imagination Library<\/span>\u00a0in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts millions of free books each month to children around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was growing up in the hills of East Tennessee, I knew my dreams would come true. I know there are children in your community with their own dreams. They dream of becoming a doctor or an inventor or a minister. Who knows, maybe there is a little girl whose dream is to be a writer and singer.<\/p>\n

The seeds of these dreams are often found in books and the seeds you help plant in your community can grow across the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A very worthy cause!\u00a0 Especially with the shutting down of libraries and censorship.<\/p>\n

For More Information:\u00a0 Imagination Library<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library\u00a0is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland. 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