Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

(The following text is taken from the free Imagination Library pamphlet available in the library. Come by Andover Public Library to pick up a copy. Mail the form from the pamphlet to the specified address to sign up your child for free books. More information about the Imagination Library program can be found here or by visiting the library.)

What is Dolly Parton's Imagination Library?
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is FREE!

It sounds almost too simple to be true, but by reading regularly with your children during their preschool years, you are giving them the biggest boost toward a successful education they will ever get.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library will help you read with your child. There are many reasons parents do not read to their child, but we can eliminate one of them. Every child will have books of their very own, at no cost to you, thanks to United Way of the Plains, Rotary Club of Andover and Dolly Parton.
Each month a new, carefully selected book will be mailed in your child's name directly to your home. He/she can look forward to new and exciting reading adventures from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library until he/she turns five years old as long as you remain a resident of Andover, Kansas or the Andover School District. Should the child move outside Andover, Kansas or the Andover School District, he/she automatically exits the program.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a FREE GIFT to your children! All you have to do is read to your children.

Who Is Eligible?
Preschool children (birth until their fifth birthday) of Andover, Kansas or the Andover School District.

What Are My Responsibilities?
1. Be a resident of Andover, Kansas or the Andover School District.
2. Sumbit an official registration form, completely filled out by parent or guardian (form must be approved and on file with United Way of the Plains).
3. Notify United Way of the Plains any time your address changes. Books are mailed to the address listed on the official registration form. If the child's address changes, you must contact your friends at the address on this brochure in order to continue receiving books.
4. Read with your child.

When Will I Receive Books?
Eight to ten weeks after your registration form has been received, books will begin arriving at your home and will continue until your child turns five or you move out of Andover, Kansas or the Andover School District.

How Can I Help?
Do you know a preschool child in Andover, Kansas or the Andover School District who is not receiving Dolly Parton's Imagination Library? Give their parents a brochure/registration form and encourage them to fill it out and mail it to the address below. Telling them about this FREE program can make a huge difference in their future and the future of our community.
If you know of a business, organization or individual who would like to donate funds to support this gift to your children, donations can be sent to:

United Way of the Plains
245 N. Water
Wichita, KS 67202
(312) 267-1321
Fax: (316) 267-0937
www.unitedwayplains.org

No comments:

Post a Comment