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The Young Leaders in Philanthropy is partnering with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to provide children throughout our Tri-County area with books delivered monthly to each child's home. This is a simple and easy opportunity to make a difference in a child's life!


What is Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library?
Imagination Library improves educational opportunities for children by providing preschoolers with carefully selected, high-quality books—free of charge, delivered directly to their home, each month from the time the child is born until his or her 5th birthday.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is not a charity or a social service—it is a gift to all preschoolers in a community. Learning to read is a process much like learning to speak or learning to walk. The process begins at birth. United Way knows that children who have access to books and who are read to early have a much better chance for success in school. Imagination Library is an integral component of United Way’s work aggressively addressing early learning.

How Does It Work?
For the initial investment of $30 you can be the local champion for one year for a child in the tri-county, ensuring that he or she receives one book a month. For a committed investment of $150, you will build that child a 5-year library! Carefully selected books will be delivered directly
to each child’s home until that child turns 5 years old. United Way and Imagination Library will handle the logistics while you can relax knowing that you are empowering our children to read.

Steering Committee

YLP Steering Committee is having its monthly meeting at 7:30 on Thursday October 1, 2009. Please let us know if you are interested in attending. Send RSVPs to Monica@myunitedway.com by Wednesday at noon.

The Steering Committee meets the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 am in the United Way Board Room unless otherwise specified. Anyone interested in learning more about the Young Leaders in Philanthropy is welcome to participate in this monthly event.