Margaret Hammonds from the Rotary Club of Whitesburg was the guest speaker
at the Rotary Club of Hazard on Wednesday September 12, 2012. Her
topic was Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, an early childhood literacy
program which the Rotary Club of Whitesburg implemented in January 2012. Hazard
Rotary is planning to start this program in their area, and hopes to have it in
place by spring of 2013. Hammonds was instrumental in bringing this program to
the Whitesburg Area during her tenure as Rotary President 2011-2012, and remains
the coordinator between the Rotary Club of Whitesburg and the Dollywood
Foundation. The Imagination Library provides a free book per month for children
under 5 years of age who live in a selected service area, regardless of the
family income. The Rotary Club of Whitesburg currently has 143 children
registered in the program in the Whitesburg area.
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