Over 20 million books delivered to kids in Ohio
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ohio has reached an amazing milestone of 20 million books mailed.
Ohio's First Lady Fran DeWine celebrated the massive accomplishment at the Greene County Public Library by reading to local children on Thursday, March 20.
'When Mike first ran for Governor, I knew I wanted to bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to Ohio so every family could have access to the program's high-quality, age-appropriate, free books,' said DeWine. 'With financial support from the Ohio General Assembly, our program has grown from only being available in pockets of Ohio to currently reaching 70% of households with children under the age of 5.'
Dolly Parton gifted DeWine a copy of 'Coat of Many Colors' in 2022 to celebrate Ohio's establishment of her Imagination Library, which she read from Thursday.
In total, so far 20,680,284 free Imagination Library books have been mailed across Ohio. First Lady DeWine has been instrumental in building a coalition of Local Program Partners to support the library.
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The program is free because of the Dollywood Foundation, Ohio General Assembly, Ohio's Local Program Partners and donors.
In the program, 411,228 children are enrolled. Each child receives a free age-appropriate book every month until their 5th birthday.
Parents/guardians can sign up their child here.
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