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Local program partner for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library serving the Peninsula, Middle Peninsula, Isle of Wight, and Greater Williamsburg.

We mail free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five.

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Rocking a Dolly or book-inspired costume? Drop it in the comments!

10/29/2026

No prob-llama! 🦙 Llama Llama Red Pajama showed up today ready to help with a BIG project for 2027. There may be some llama drama involved (the good kind!), and there will definitely be stories and syrup. Stay tuned, friends! 📚🥞

10/28/2026

Reading aloud for just 15 minutes a day is one of the most powerful things a grown-up can do for a child’s brain. It builds vocabulary, strengthens the bond between you and your little one, and helps wire young brains for learning, long before kindergarten even starts.

So tonight, grab a book and read out loud. It doesn’t have to be a new book. Read a favorite for the hundredth time. Point at the pictures. Let them turn the pages. Fifteen minutes. That’s it! 📚💙

10/27/2026

📚 Hispanic Heritage Month may have wrapped up, but the celebration of language, culture, and story keeps going on every bookshelf! ¡La celebración continúa!

We're so excited to share that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library now offers a fully bilingual English/Spanish book collection, and it's available to families right here on the Virginia Peninsulas!

Families can now choose between two collections. The English collection is mostly English books with an occasional bilingual title mixed in, while the bilingual collection is 100% English/Spanish. In fact, most bilingual titles were translated especially for the Imagination Library!

Want to make the switch? It's easy! Log into your parent portal and update your child's book language. Need a hand? Send us a DM or email [email protected] and we'll take care of it for you! 💛

10/20/2026

We are so full of gratitude right now! 💛📚

On September 25, our community showed up for the very first Give Like Dolly Day, and WOW, did you ever give like Dolly! Together, you raised $6,200 for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of the Virginia Peninsulas!

That means you put a free book in the mail every month for 400 children across our region for a whole year, totaling a whopping 4,800 books! That’s thousands of bedtime stories, thousands of family bonding moments, and thousands of little faces lighting up when they see their name on their very own books.

And there’s more to celebrate! 10 new friends joined The Book Club, our monthly giving community! Monthly giving is what powers our local Imagination Library. Your steady support helps us say “yes” to every family who signs up, month after month, year after year. Welcome to the family! 🎉

We launched this day in the midst of our busiest season ever, and you, along with our amazing local business partners who hosted Dolly-inspired events, made it shine. To every donor, sharer, cheerleader, and new Book Club member: thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. We are truly grateful for this incredible community we call home.

10/08/2026

A HUGE thank you to Christopher Newport University’s Presidential Leadership Program for spending the afternoon with us! 📚💛

Since Dolly’s passing, we’ve been working hard to keep up with the outpouring of support and demand for our local Imagination Library. These amazing student leaders rolled up their sleeves, labeled stacks of books, and assembled welcome kits for our newest monthly donors. What would have taken us weeks, they knocked out in a single afternoon! Thank you, PLP 🦋

10/07/2026

Maggie has already reached her initial goal so she’s dreaming big and doubling it! 📚🦋🩵

To celebrate turning 10, homeschooled fourth grader Maggie Speer of Gloucester has decided to raise $1,000 for the DeGood Foundation, the Gloucester program partner for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

“She likes books,” said Katie Speer, Maggie’s seven-year-old sister. “She likes Dolly.”

For more than 25 years, the Imagination Library has given a book in the mail to children every month from birth until their fifth birthday. Gloucester’s program began in June 2023 and since then over 27,000 books have been mailed to Gloucester children. The county currently has 865 children enrolled in the program, which is 47 percent of all residents under five.

“I turned 10 Saturday,” said Maggie. “We already raised $1,000 in less than a week, so now we’re shooting for $2,000.”

Read the full story by visiting https://www.gazettejournal.net/gloucester-4th-grader-raises-money-for-imagination-library/

10/02/2026

Meet Maggie! To celebrate her 10th birthday, she is raising money for The DeGood Foundation to support our work with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Gloucester! 📚

Maggie's goal is to raise $1,000. That's enough to mail 65 Gloucester kids free, high-quality books every month for a whole year.

As an added bonus, all donations to Maggie’s fundraiser are being matched by Marsha Weatherwax, up to $1,000 🎉

https://givebutter.com/maggiesbirthday

10/01/2026

Some local Dolly trivia! 🦋

Address

11834 Canon Boulevard Suite G-3
Newport News, VA
23606

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17575740334

Website

https://www.degoodfoundation.org/

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