Imagination Library
Expanding literacy for all Mendocino County children age 0-5
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a program designed to get books in the hands of kids and their families. First parents enroll their children in the program. Next, the child will receive a free book in the mail every month, from the time they sign up until their 5th birthday.
The first book is called “The Little Engine That Could” by Watty Piper (Dolly Parton’s favorite) and the rest are tailored to the child’s age. For example, babies will receive hard bound books and 4 ½ year olds will receive paperback books.
Download a brochure in English including the registration form here or click here for a form in Spanish.
For the story about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program click here.
Thanks to this program, if a child is enrolled at birth they will have 60 books in their home by the time they enter kindergarten.
Raise & Shine (our non-profit organization) is pleased to sponsor this program in partnership with substantial support from FIRST 5 Mendocino. We also collaborate with community agencies such as The Community Foundation of Mendocino County, The Mendocino County Library and Mendo Baby.
If you need to change your child’s address, you may call Jasmin Blanc at Mendo Baby and give her an updated address, or you may email read@mendochildren.org
Support Imagination Library
Local support is needed to sustain this program. The Imagination Library is absolutely free to participating families.
To help keep it free, FIRST 5 Mendocino accepts donations to offset the $30 cost per child, per year.
Please DONATE TODAY!
You may donate online via our “DONATE ” button below
or
Write a check payable to: Imagination Library
Mail to:
Imagination Library
c/o FIRST 5 Mendocino
166 East Gobbi Street,
Ukiah, CA 95482
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2017 Donors and Sponsors
| Al Molgaard |
| Alanna Ayres |
| Alisa Arrignton |
| Allyne Brown |
| Andree Begley |
| Anica Williams |
| Anne Molgaard |
| Anonymous Donor-Community Foundation |
| Barbara Ciro |
| Barbara McLean |
| Beatrice Karish |
| Bernice Strickland |
| Betty Brigham |
| Cindy Bodensteiner |
| Damian Family |
| Daniel Hibshman |
| David Riemenschnider |
| Debbie Banks |
| Del Mar Farms |
| Diana Cornell |
| Donna Schuler & Chris Thomas |
| Dr Jeremy Mann and Renée Gannon |
| Dr. Jim Flaherty |
| Elisabeth Pasternak |
| Francisca Ramirez |
| Fred Jacobs |
| George & Ruth Bradford Foundation |
| Gretchen Hahn |
| Jayma Spence |
| Jenna Munos |
| Jessica Kimball |
| John Chiarito |
| John Passalacqua for Law offices of John Passalacqua |
| Jonathan Middlebrook |
| Judy Weer |
| Jullia Giller & James Woodard |
| Kassandra Smith |
| Kathryn and Sonny Hoese |
| Kathy Brigham |
| Kenneth Hoek |
| Kim Smith |
| Kimberly Van Hoy |
| Larry & Pat Hartley |
| Law Office of Barry Vogel |
| Leslee Woll |
| Linda & Patrick Nagel |
| Linda Jupiter |
| Lucy Bayer |
| Lucy Kyne |
| Marie Santos Head |
| Marta Sligh |
| Mary Pettit |
| Melissa & David Milovina |
| Mendo Baby |
| Mendocino Coast Clinics. Inc. |
| Meredyth Reinhard |
| Michelle Hoomalu |
| Natalie Levchenko |
| Pauli Family |
| Phil & Kristin Dow |
| Phyllis Curtis |
| Rae Radtkey |
| Rodrigue Family |
| Ron & Francine Selim |
| Roseanne Ibarra |
| Sandra & Guenter Riegler |
| Savings Bank of Mendocino County |
| Sheryn Hildebrand |
| Tammy Moss Chandler |
| Tom & Shirley Schott |
| Tommie & Joyce Thompson |
| Zoey & Sam Fernandez |
2016 Donors and Sponsors
| Lucy Kyne and Rick Kale |
| William and Rose Waring |
| Ashleigh Weston |
| Tom & Shirley Schott |
| Jorge & Megan Allende |
| Rita and Kirk Vodopals |
| Monica Kemper |
| Elizabeth Ramseier |
| Del Mar Farms |
| Goija and Max Post |
| The Family of Cage Gordon (Alicia) |
| Doug and Allison Shapiro |
| Beatrice Karish |
| Lucresha Renteria |
| Beatrice Karish |
| Griffin Hodgkinson |
| Marta Sligh |
| Rotary Club of Fort Bragg |
| Gwen Matthews Ocampo |
| Kristi Ross |
| John Passalacqua |
| Jill and Jesse Damian |
| Sarah Nathe & Susan Tubbesing |
| Elizabeth Brigham |
| Margie Handley |
| Allan Molgaard |
| Dr. Larry and Pat Hartley |
| Linda Schupp |
| Shannon and George Phelan |
| Lorelei Cole |
| Del Mar Farms |
| Susan Vega-Pallesen |
| Anjes de Ryck |
| Saving Bank of Mendocino Co |
| Roger and Susan Coy |
| Robert and Mary Gustafson |
| Carolyn Strickland |
| Phyllis Curtis |
| Megan Van Sant and Steve Hahm |
| Redwood Empire Lions Club |
| Bernice Strickland |
| Sandy Applegate/David Riemenschneider |
| John and Sarah Bailey |
| Meredyth Reinhard |
| Charles and Martha Barra |
| Megan and Michael Perry |
| Cynthia Sauers |
| Ken and Brenda Hoek |
| Kiwanis Club of Ukiah |
| Zoey and Sam Fernandez |
| Lily and Alan Hudson |
| Sita Khufu |
| Parducci |
| Phil and Kristin Dow |
| Dan Hibshman |
| Mendocino Forest Products |
| Sandra and Thomas Peters |
| Tom and Shirley Schott |
| Susan McLean |
| Shari Schapmire |
| Linda Jupiter |
| Deb Attaway |
| Barbara Ciro |
| Melissa and David Milovina |
| Kristin Frith Williams |
| Melissa Galicia |
| Northern Aggregates Inc |
| Dennis Lucido |
| Ukiah Valley Medical Center |
| Soroptimist Int. of Mendo/Sonoma Coast |
| Madlem Construction |
| Autumn Rose |
| Angela Setzer |
| Chet Anderson |
| Mike and Menaka Olson |
| Karen Edwards |
| Debra DeCarli |
| Gail Kavanagh |
| Carolyn Strickland |
| Maile and Niels Larsen |
| Linda and Patrick Nagel |
| Linda Lukas |
| Derek Dahlen |
| Michelle and Alexander Rich |
| Francine and Ron Selim |
| Gay Sibley |
| Myrinda Head |
| First Presbyterian Church |
| Diana Cornell |
| MacCallum Properties |
| Donna Pierson Pugh |
| Paul and Judy Tichinin |
| Dr Jeremy Mann and Renée Gannon |
2015 Donors and Sponsors
| Kim & Nathan Van Hoy |
| The MacCallum House |
| Sandy & Tom Peters |
| Rotary Club of Fort Bragg |
| Melissa Nestlerode |
| Lorelei L. Cole |
| Maria DeJesus Sandoval |
| Tom & Shirley Schott |
| Rotary Club of Fort Bragg |
| Katherine Dennett |
| Ron & Francine Selim |
| Girl Scouts of Northern CA #10462 |
| Anne Molgaard |
| Rotary Club of South Ukiah |
| Tom & Shirley Schott |
| Polly Frenaye-Hutcheson |
| Allyson Miller |
| Zorah Everson |
| Rae Radtkey |
| Sarah Nathe & Susan Tubbesing |
| Ken and Brenda Hoek |
| Linda Schupp |
| David Riemenschneider and Sandra Applegate |
| Tom and Sandy Peters |
| Terry and Bernice Strickland |
| George and Shannon Phelan |
| Sandy O’Ferrall |
| Phyllis Curtis |
| Ana and Angel Carrillo |
| Benj Thomas and Susan Baird Kanaan |
| Melissa Garcia |
| Heather Douglas |
| Savings Bank of Mendocino County |
| George and Ruth Bradford Foundation |
| Elizabeth Brigham |
| JP Lohr and Kathy Brigham |
| Ukiah Natural Foods |
| Sherri and Lee Haldorson |
| Del Mar Farms |
| Willits Animal Hospital-Fred Jacobs |
| Allan Molgaard |
| Megan Van Sant and Steve Hahm |
| Madlem Construction |
| John Middlebrook/Darça Lee Nicholson (SP?) |
| Andrew and Ashley Faust |
| Anjes de Ryck and Thomas Simpson |
| Phillip and Kristin Dow |
| Jeremy Mann and Renee Gannon |
| Kiwanis Club of Ukiah |
| Linda Jupiter |
| Callander Mergener |
| Mary Pettit |
| Remi Zajac (made in child’s name- Meti Zajac) |
| Laurence and Pat Hartley |
| Jennifer Lotten |
| Coasting Home |
| Terri Robertson |
| Sylvia Hamren |
| Martin and Charlene Moyer |
| Vivian White/Kevin Murphy |
| Zoey and Sam Fernandez |
| Daphne Alexander |
| Mendocino Forest Products |
| Meredyth Reinhard |
| Tom and Shirley Schott |
| Melissa Milovina |
| Diann Ells |
| Parducci |
| Lily Caravello |
| Donna Pierson-Pugh |
| Carolyn Strickland |
| Paloma Patterson |
| Soroptimist International of Mendocino-Sonoma Coast |
| James Williams |
| Erika Makino |
| Charles and Martha Barra |
| Chris and Kim Smith |
| Jill and Jesse Damian |
| Debbie Marks, MD |
| Megan Cavalli |
| Angela Setzer |
| Menaka Olson |
| First Presbyterian Church |
| Umpqua Bank |
| Megan and Dr. JJ Allende |
| Comm Found- Anonymous |
| Patricia Stratton Jordan |
| Rebecca Timme, M.D. |
| Blair Wickliffe |
| David Nelson |
| Linda Nagel |
Donors/Sponsors 2014
- Bill Taylor
- George and Ruth Bradford Foundation
- Campovida
- Fetzer Vineyards
- Goosebottom Books
- Shirin Bridges
- Husch Vineyards
- Jay Alison Moscariello
- Jendi Coursey
- Lovers Lane Farm
- Menaka Olson
- Mendocino Baby
- Myrna Ogelsby
- Redwood Health Club
- Sandy and Thomas Peters
- Sapothecary
- Schat’s Bakery
- Umpqua Bank
- Black Oak Coffee Roasters
- David Riemenschneider and Sandra Applegate
- DH Designs
- Grapevine Quilters
- Kohl’s Cares
- Jim and Maya Stuart
- Linda Nagel
- Mendo Lake Credit Union
- Natasha Yim
- Navarro Vineyards
- Nelson Family Vineyards
- Parducci Wine Cellars
- Starbucks
- Ukiah High School Interact Club
- Katie Rychlicki
- Abby Nolen
- Natalie Loots
- Melanie Underhill
- Mary Pettit
- Ally Beasley
- Dan Hibshman
- Leslie Kirkpatrick
- Kate Feigin
- Brian Nagel
- Sherri and Lee E Haldorson
- Jessie Nunes
- Judith Kayser
- Mindy Kittay
- Sabra Lugthart
- Melissa Elbert
- Paige Doyle
- Austyn Gaffney
- Chandler Wherry
- Carolyn Smith
- Will Long
- Townley Anderson
- Rosemary Eddy
- Aleyna Molgaard
- Zane Molgaard
- Michael Kisslinger
- Charlie and Joan Kelly
- Francine D Selim
- Jordan and Julie Anderson
- Willits Rotary
- Rotary of South Ukiah
- Soroptomists of the Mendocino Sonoma Coast
- G. Patrick
- Catherine and Jonathan Middleton
- Holly and Michael Maynard
- Lucille Bayer
- Jill N Damian
- Vivian K White and Kevin P Murphy
- John T Bailey and Sarah Bailey
- Lydia Villegas and Eriberto Villegas
- Stephen Hahm and Megan Van Sant
- Renee Gannon and Jeremy Mann
- Savings Bank of Mendocino County
- George and Ruth Bradford Foundation
- United Way of the Wine Country
- Carol Lowenheim Park
- Mindy Kittay
- John T Bailey and Sarah Bailey
- Lani Kask
- Laurence W. Hartley
- Terri Davis
- Richard Schneider
- Stacy Schneider
- Mary Thomas
- Anne Molgaard
2013 Donors and Sponsors
United Way, Husch Vineyards, Mike Thompson and Heidi Dickerson, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Robinson, Pamela L. Rones, CPA, Darcy L. Deleon, Kristin Fraser, Michael B. Combs, Starbucks, Mendocino Baby, Insurance Mommy, Lovers Lane Farm, Renee Gannon, David Riemenschneider, Curves, Hollie Nass Photography, Ocotime, Schat’s Bakery, Mary L. Watter, V James Sligh, Ukiah Valley Medical Center, Savings Bank of Mendocino, Kira-kira Collage, Natasha Yim, Gretchen Maurer, Redwood Children’s Services, Shoefly and Sox, Adrienne Binder, Allison Miller and Ryan Miller, Andrea Bergamini, Andrea Heaney, Angel Carrillo and Ana Carrillo, Anita McAvoy, Anne Gould, Aleyna Molgaard and Michael Kisslinger, Anytime Fitness, April Tally, Aramark Linens, Ashley Bergen, Barbara Pope, Belinda Judelman, Bernard Kent Porter and Cyndi Smith Porter, Candi Whitman, Carolynn Hansen, Cassie Gibson Christina M Haslam, Cici Winger, Cloud Forest Institute, Coffee Critic, Congressman Mike Thompson , Courtney Hotchkiss, Curves of Willits, Dan Hamburg, Daniel Hibshman , Daniel R. Catone and Jennifer L. Catone, Daphne Macneil, David and Sandra Riemenschneider, Denise Kawkeka, Diane Pauli, Don & Leslie Barkley, Eileen Mitro, Ernest W Schupp III and Linda J Schupp, Fetzer Vineyards, Carol Crosby, George and Ruth Bradford Foundation, Goosebottom Books, Gretchen Maurer, Holes in the Wall, Hollie Nass Photography Holly Maynard, Husch Vineyards, J. David Brown and Allyne D. Brown, Jai Fults, Jaime Jacobson, Jamie Bobin, Jeannie Stephens, Jeffrey Bergamini, Jendi Coursey, Jennifer Frew, Jenny Liana, Jeremy Mann and Renne Gannon, Jessica Nunes, Jim and Maya Stuart, Jonah Walsh, Jone Duggan, Jordan Scarpari, Julie Drucker, Karen Crabtree, Kimberley Deetz-Hoover,Kira-kira Collage, Jenn Douthit, Kohl’s Cares, Laura Allman,Laurence W Hartley and Patricia A Hartley,Law Offices of David Riemenschneider, Leslie Kirkpatrick, Lisa Noel, Lovers Lane Farm, Lucresha Rentería, Lucy E Neely, Lydia Lopez, Lucy Neely, Margaret Sanchez, Margie Ruffridge, Mari Rodin, Marilyn T. Clawson, Mary Beth Bullock , Mary E. Pettit Mary Hatfield, Mary Lucinda Watter, Megan Van Sant, Melanie Kask, Menaka Olson, Mendo Lake Credit Union, Mendocino Baby, Mendocino Book Company, Myrna Oglesby, Nancy Johnson, Napa Smith Brewing, Natasha Yim, Nelson Family Vineyards, Nicole Abreyeva, OCO time, Pam Seay, Pamela L. Rones, Phillip J. Dow, Rebeca Lopez, Redwood Children’s Services, Redwood Health Club of Ukiah, Renee Gannon, Roseanne Castro, Sam and Zoey Fernandez, Sandy O’Ferrall, Sarah Hankins, Savings Bank of Mendocino, Schat’s Bakery Sean Flynn , Shannon and George PhelanShoefly and Sox, Silver’s at the Wharf, Simaine Cellars ,Stacey Cryer, Starbucks, Susan Yandell, Tina Rader, Terri Davis, Tom Olson and Pam Muckleroy, Ukiah Valley Conference Center, Umpqua Bank, Vivian White, William C.F. Long,Willow Mae Anderson, Ukiah Kiwanis, Linda K. Malone, Robert Benfield, Lou Anne Fredrickson, Leslie Murgatroyd, Patricia Spencer, Kristi and Michael Ross, Soroptimist International of Mendocino-Sonoma Coast, Michael B. Combs, Gualala Lions Club, Linda Reno, Diann Ells, Janet Biasca, Chad and Elizabeth Boardman, Jonathon & Christina Middlebrook, Sabra Lugthart, Kristine Ross, Phyllis Curtis, Paul & Anne Holden, Larry & Pat Hartley, Cathleen Crosby, Mendocino Coast Child Abuse Prevention Council, Dan Hamburg, Anne Molgarrd, Lydia and Eriberto Villegas, Rebecca A Laird, Jenni Wyatt and Samantha Lazaro, Chester E. Anderson, Judith Ann Coughlin, Andrew and Ashley Faust, Imelda Trejo, Tom and Shirley Schott, The Spencer Family, Mari Rodin, Ukiah High School Interact Club, Melissa Elbert
