On August 15, legendary icon, musician, and philanthropist Dolly Parton will visit Washington State to celebrate achieving statewide coverage of the Imagination Library. All Washington children from birth to age five can now register to receive one book every month, for free, from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
August 15 will also be signified by a proclamation from Governor Jay Inslee and Lieutenant Governor Denny Heck as "Imagination Library of Washington Day."
Hosted by the Imagination Library of Washington, the celebratory event will feature a fireside chat with Dolly Parton, a small performance, and recognition of champions from across the state who make Dolly's dream possible for Washington's earliest learners.
This invite-only event will be broadcasted and streamed live on TVW (www.tvw.org) and available to view on both Imagination Library of Washington and TVW social media channels beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15, and all are invited to tune in.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Washington was established in June 2022 by legislative direction, sponsored through a partnership with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), and administered by United Ways of the Pacific Northwest. The program provides a high-quality, age-appropriate book each month in the mail to enrolled children from birth to age five – at no cost to families in all 39 Washington counties. More than 65,000 children in Washington are enrolled in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, and more than 1.6 million books have been gifted to children across the state. Before state commitment, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library was only available in a handful of Washington regions.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is backed by decades of research showing that having access to books in the home inspires a love of reading and promotes changes in home literacy environments while building critical foundational skills for entering kindergarten ready to succeed.
Families with children under five can sign up for the Imagination Library by visiting www.imaginationlibrarywashington.org.
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