The Lake County Imagination Library
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth until they begin school, no matter their family’s income. After launching in 1995, the program grew quickly. First books were only distributed to children living in Sevier County, Tennessee where Dolly grew up. It became such a success that in 2000 a national replication effort was underway. By 2003, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library had mailed one million books. It would prove to be the first of many millions of books sent to children around the world.
Dolly’s home state of Tennessee pledged to pursue statewide coverage in 2004 and global expansion was on the horizon. After the United States, the program launched in Canada in 2006 followed by the United Kingdom in 2007, Australia in 2013 and the Republic of Ireland in 2019.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio is starting a new chapter in early childhood literacy across Ohio. Through a partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to put more books in the hands of Ohio’s children, Ohio is working to ensure that every student enters kindergarten ready to succeed. That’s where Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio comes in. Through the partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, we are working to send every child in Ohio from birth to age five a new book each month. Research has shown that a child with 25 books in their home complete an average of two additional years of schooling compared to their peers without books in their home. Our goal is that every kindergartener begins school with 60 books in their home.
Lifeline is excited to be one of Ohio’s program partners, working with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio , the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and other local program partners to enroll Lake County’s children. Contact our office at 2-1-1 to learn more or for help with enrollment. You can also enroll online by clicking the enroll today button above or by visiting https://imaginationlibrary.com/usa/affiliate/OHLAKECOUNTY/
Lifeline, Inc. is the Lake County Program Partner for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a book-gifting program that sends free, high-quality books to children each month until they turn 5. The Holly Jolly Night for Dolly will be a festive night filled with fundraising and games, with the funds raised directly supporting the purchase of books sent to over 7,500 children in Lake County.
The event will take place on Tuesday, November 10, at 6 PM at Grand River Cellars. General Admission is $40 and guests will enjoy heavy appetizers and a cash bar.
All activities support Lifeline’s Lake County Imagination Library Program and our efforts to continue Dolly’s legacy, one book and one child at a time.
Donate now to the Imagination Library Project!
Want to help Lifeline provide books to Lake County’s children? A simple $31 donation will help us purchase a year’s worth of books for two children…$62 will help us provide four children with a year’s worth of reading! Please specify that your donation is a contribution to the Imagination Library Project!
Drive with Dolly and Support Your Local Imagination Library!
Are you looking for new ways to show your support for Lake County’s Imagination Library program? Join us as we drive with Dolly to support early childhood literacy and purchase a new specialty Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library license plate for your car.
This Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library license plate is available for purchase in person at a deputy registrar license agency or online at OPLATES.com. To find the closest deputy registrar license agency, visit: publicsafety.ohio.gov/local-office.
With each plate purchased in Lake County, $25 will be given back to us, the Imagination Library’s local partner. This will help our nonprofit ensure the program remains free to families in Lake County. Any child under the age of five in Ohio can sign up to receive one free age-appropriate book each month at no cost to their family!
Help us ensure the Imagination Library remains free and available to all families in our community by driving with Dolly and purchasing your new license plate!
