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50,887 free books mailed to Mendocino County children since April, 2009!2012 Sponsors & Individual Donors:
WHAT IS DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY?Thanks to this program more children will have enough books at home with no cost to their families. FIRST 5 Mendocino is pleased to sponsor the program in partnership with the Mendocino County Public Library and The Community Foundation of Mendocino County. Children who sign up will receive a free hardcover book in the mail every month until they turn 5. The first book is “The Little Engine That Could” (Dolly Parton’s favorite) and the rest are tailored to the child’s age. Download a brochure including the registration form here. For the story about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program click here. Click HERE for reading tips for each specific Imagination Library book!
GET ON BOARD AND DONATE! 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 $25 cost per child, per year. Make a tax-deductible donation: Write a check payable to: 2011 Sponsors & Individual Donors:
2010 Sponsors & Individual Donors: Michael and Menaka Olson, Harold and Jacqueline Wollenberg, James and Dianna Barron, Jonathan Middlebrook, Tami Glasco, Anne Holden, Jessica Kimball, Cultus Club, PEO Sisterhood, Fort Bragg Lions Club, Paul and Judith Tichinin, Walmart, Anne Molgaard, Megan Van Sant, Jim Levine, Paul & Suzanne MacDonald, Ukiah Natural Foods, Niki Chaves, Erin Koehn, Nancy Steiner and Mr. W Park, David Weitzman, Francine and Ron Selim, Renee Gannonn and Jeremy Mann 2009 Sponsors & Individual Donors: Fort Bragg Rotary Club, Mendo Lake Credit Union, Redwood Empire Lions Club, Rotary Club of Mendocino, South Ukiah Rotary Club, Willits Lions Club, and the Ukiah Rotary Club, Diane Pauli, Megan Barber Allende, Lynn Baumgartner, Bonnie and Jared Carter, Ann Cole, Kiwanis of Ukiah, Anne Molgaard, Jim Levine, Kathleen Rzplenski, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Smith, Paul Tichinin Active Partners: The Community Foundation of Mendocino County and the Mendocino County Library Eva and Nicolas; 4 years and 6 months
She also LOVES receiving anything in the mail, she feels so special when she gets a new book. Eva takes the books into her room and wants them read to her over and over. I could not beleive such a wonderful program existed and honestly didn't realize how wonderful the books would be! They are such good quality books and very well made. Our son who just turned 6 months is also facinated by books. He loves laying on Eva's bed with her and looking at her books with her. Thank you for letting us be part of this amazing program, we really enjoy adding to our collection of books! Diem, 4 years
Her favorite book actually comes from this wonderful program. Her favorite book is "Llama Llama Misses Mama". She and I record ourselves reading these books together so she can also enjoy them when she is at her dads. Thank you for becoming apart of our family. Kal-el, 2 years old
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We have read to our daughter Eva since I was pregnant with her and she is faciniated by books.
Diem loves getting mail, and she especially loves getting books in the mail. These books have become great assets to our homes. Diem comes from a split family home. She finds comfort in these books while she visits her dad in Arizona. She always asks me if she got a new book.
My son kal-el loves to look at his books . He turns the pages and looks at the pictures. He is only two but we read everynight and enjoy getting new books monthly.
