Friends of the Corbin Public Library

08/31/2026

Who says books can't have a sense of humor?

Share this joke with your favorite little reader and see if you can get a giggle!

08/30/2026

Photos: In honor of Dolly Parton's legacy Nashville Mayor proclaims September "Imagination Library Month" See link below ⬇️

📸 NICOLE HESTER / THE TENNESSEAN

08/30/2026

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

08/29/2026

Any amount given is greatly appreciated, and helps give books to kids in our community.

08/29/2026

08/29/2026

I have just learned that Suds Car Wash in Corbin is having a fund raiser tomorrow for the Imagination Library! Please go by and get your car washed to help a child love to read!
PLEASE SHARE!

08/28/2026

Help bring books to local kids!
Support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in our area.
Click the link and add "Dolly" in the memo.
Every donation helps spark a love for reading!

Any amount given is greatly appreciated, and helps give books to kids in our community.

08/27/2026

Dolly Parton, our beloved leader, died Monday at 80. If your family gets books in the mail from the Imagination Library, you already know something about who she was.

Her father never learned to read. That's why she started this in 1995 — and he's the one who first called her the Book Lady.

This week, four small ways to honor her with your child:

Read one out loud tonight. Then tell your child it came in the mail from a lady named Dolly.

Sing it instead of reading it. She was a songwriter first. Make up a tune and let it be silly.

Stack up every book you've received. Count them together. That whole pile was a gift from her.

Pass one along. Hand a book your child has outgrown to a younger neighbor or cousin.

If you do one of these, we'd love to see it — post a photo in the comments.

Thank you, Dolly. We'll keep turning the pages.

08/27/2026

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