Description:
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program has been adopted in Oklahoma to more adequately prepare young learners to begin school ready to read by providing a free, age-appropriate book by mail each month to children from birth to their fifth birthday. While books are free to participating families, monthly fees for books ordered are due from local participating organizations to provide the program in an area. Funding for the Imagination Library in Oklahoma is made up of 50% appropriated funds from the legislature and 50% funds raised by local communities. Since many rural communities have been unable to raise the 50% funding required for the local match, the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) seeks to partner with a non-profit organization that will assist in fundraising through grants, partnerships with Oklahoma business leaders, and in organizing fundraising campaigns to increase local support for the program.
