The Early Childhood Council of Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick Counties and Highline Electric Association have partnered together to ensure all young readers in Logan County have access to books.
Friday morning Highline presented a $3,000 check to ECCLPS for the launch of a new program, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, which will be the first of its kind in Logan County. It will put a free book in a child's hand each month from birth to five years of age once they are signed up. According to Stacey Zink, ECCLPS coordinator, Highline will be funding the program the first year and ECCLPS will also receive funds from Imagination Library Colorado to help sustain and continue the program.
"There is no greater gift for a child than the gift of learning from their own books. That's why Highline Electric Association, your Touchstone Energy Cooperative, is proud to partner with the Early Childhood Council of Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick Counties to bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to Logan County and to our youngest co-op members. Through matching funds from Basin Electric Cooperative and CoBank, Highline was able to secure $3,000 to assist with launching the program," said Highline in a press release.
"At Highline Electric Association, we believe every child should have the opportunity to succeed and can think of no better start than ensuring the children in our communities grow up in homes filled with books that inspire a passion for reading and lifelong learning."
Logan County is the third county in Highline's plan to help communities throughout its territory start Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Phillips and Sedgwick County already have the program.
A launch date for the program has not yet been set, as ECCPLS is still in the process of submitting all of the forms and finalizing with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. But, you can sign up for the program now by visiting https://imaginationlibrary.com.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family's income. After launching in 1995, the program grew quickly.
First books were only distributed to children living in Sevier County, Tenn., where Dolly grew up. It became such a success that in 2000 a national replication effort was underway. By 2003, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library had mailed one million books. It would prove to be the first of many millions of books sent to children around the world.
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