Elks Lodge donation supports Imagination Library participants
The Sidney Elks Lodge Bingo Committee donated $1,000 to the Friends of the Library. The donation will allow 38 children to participate in the program for one year.
By News Channel NebraskaSIDNEY -- The Sidney Elks Lodge present the Friends of the Library a $1,000 donation today for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program.
The Sidney program has about 200 children enrolled, nearly 100 children have graduated from the book-gifting project. The donation will enroll 38 children in the program for one year. Book options include braille and bilingual.
Imagination Library is a book-gifting program that mails free books every month to children ages birth through five years of age who are registered in the program. The Foundation coves overhead costs and negotiates wholesale pricing for the books. Community partners fundraise to finance the cost of mailing and book prices (about $2.10 per child).
Children who remain part of the program through age five can expect 60 books.
The Dollywood Foundation was founded in 1988 by Dolly Parton to inspire children in her home county to achieve educational success and decrease high school dropout rates.