RC Whitesburg starts an Imagination Library

The Rotary Club of Whitesburg has received a District Simplified Grant through Rotary International to start Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Whitesburg. Children ages 0-5 years of age are eligible to enroll if they live in the service area (the service area includes children living in Whitesburg with the zip code of 41858 in their 911 address). Each child will receive a free book monthly. The Dollywood Foundation will mail out the books and the Rotary Club will pay for the postage. This is one of the many literacy projects the Rotary Club of Whitesburg is doing this year. The goal is to improve reading scores of children when they enter school. Schools that will be impacted by the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library are West Whitesburg, Cowan, Beckham Bates and Martha Jane Potter. The Rotary Club hopes to expand this program to all zip codes in Letcher County in the future. The Rotary District Governor John B. Adams presented the check to Rotary President Margaret Hammonds on his recent visit to Whitesburg.