Imagination Library
Dolly Parton could have been a billionaire, but she spent so much money helping others that she never crossed that line. Among her hallmark efforts was the Imagination Library, which sends books to children every month for the first five years of their lives, and operates in five countries.
How to do it:
If you’d like to honor Dolly Parton’s life, we believe your first, best choice is to choose a local charity that’s underfunded. Donate to the local school’s band uniform fund, like Dolly did. Send some money to a literacy program or fund the school library. We suspect that Dolly will have funded her charities to run for many years after her death, and that she’d love inspiring local giving.
But if you’d specifically like to donate to a Dolly Parton charity to memorialize what she meant to so many, her family suggests a donation to the Imagination Library. It was a project dear to her, in honor of her father who was illiterate. It has helped millions of children develop a love for reading, and a small donation makes a difference. $18 can buy a couple of books!
