After 7 years of open registration, Partnership for Children of Lenoir and Greene Counties is unable to accept NEW registrations for Dolly Partonโs Imagination Library (DPIL) as of February 1, 2025. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฑ.
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The Smart Start Network understands the importance of getting lots of books to as many young children as possible. The NC Partnership for Children and the Smart Start Network are working hard to secure enough funding to resume DPIL registrations. Currently, Partnership for Children of Lenoir and Greene Counties is providing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) to as many children as our state funding will allow. We are currently seeking donations to support this program.
We encourage you to stay up to date with us on Facebook and Instagram. You can also subscribe to receive emails by emailing NEWSLETTER to partnership@lgpfc.org.
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In the meantime, explore our StoryWalk locations at Pearson Park in Kinston and Greene County Sports Complex in Snow Hill.
We would like to again thank Greene County for donating funds that covered the cost of 2,031 books for Greene County children enrolled since November 2024.
DPIL families: We love hearing which books your children enjoy most! Comment below with your favorite book from the Imagination Library and share what makes DPIL special to you! #DPILMemories #EarlyLiteracyMatters”
ย In 1995, Dolly Parton launched an exciting new effort, Dolly Partonโs Imagination Library, to benefit the children of her home county in East Tennessee, USA. Dollyโs vision was to foster a love of reading among her countyโs preschool children and their families by providing them with the gift of a specially selected book each month. By mailing high quality, age-appropriate books directly to their homes, she wanted children to be excited about books and to feel the magic that books can create. Moreover, she could ensure that every child would have books, regardless of their familyโs income. Smart Start and Dolly Partonโs Imagination Library are working together to get books into the hands of North Carolinaโs youngest children.ย In 2017, North Carolinaโs state lawmakers included $3.5 million in the first year and $7 million in the second year of the state budget for Smart Start to administer Dolly Partonโs Imagination Library across North Carolina. The Smart Start network, made up of 75 local partnerships that serve our stateโs communities, is signing up families across NC for Imagination Library which is a book gifting program for children from birth to age five. Together, we are working to ensure children develop a love of reading early on. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a program that mails a free book each month to children from birth up until the month of their 5th birthday. These are high-quality books that are chosen by experts in the education and writing field and are based on the child’s age.
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Website | https://imaginationlibrary.com/ |
Parent Survey | https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DPILWelcome |
dolly@lgpfc.org |
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