Dolly Parton’s foundation will provide free books to children across Illinois

Governor Pritzker announcing today the statewide launch of Illinois’ partnership with The Dollywood Foundation to provide Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. This book gifting program mails free, high-quality, and age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five, regardless of the family’s income. Governor Pritzker says the $1.6 million for the program isn’t a lot of money but it will go along way. The program is currently underway in forty counties in Illinois with over 30,000 children currently receiving books.

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