Country music singer and philanthropist Dolly Parton has been gifting books to children through her program, Imagination Library, since 1995; now she's being recognized with an honorary day in Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Country music singer and philanthropist Dolly Parton has been gifting free books to children through her program, Imagination Library, since 1995. In Ohio alone, 327,000 children receive a free, age-appropriate book every month. After the success the program has seen in Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine has declared Aug. 9 as Dolly Parton Day, his office announced in a news release.
“I want every child in Ohio to have access to these books and to have the advantages literacy brings,” said Fran DeWine on Ohio's Imagination Library website. RELATED: 1 million books and counting: Imagination Library fosters love of reading among children in Summit and Medina counties
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