Dolly Parton Program to Keep Providing Free Books to Young Kids in Spokane

Dolly Parton program to keep providing free books to young kids in Spokane

The Dolly Parton Imagination Library will continue offering free books to children younger than five for at least another year in Washington State. This comes after the program was cut from the state budget. Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal announced his office will cover the $2 million cost to maintain the program. The Imagination

Policy Council announces summer events

The Crenshaw County Children’s Policy Council met Monday, June 23 at the courthouse in Luverne. District Judge Jon Folmar delivered updates on the council’s finances, recent events and programs coming up later this summer. Folmar detailed the council’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library account balance, which as of Monday was $3,405.48. He explained that the council received another $1,000 grant for the program. According to Folmar, the council wi…

State Superintendent of Public Instruction to Fund Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Washington

Currently, the program serves 120,000 children in all of Washington's 39 counties.