The DeGood Foundation

The DeGood Foundation Mailing free books every month to children from birth to age five through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library 📚

Moving soon? 📦 Your books won't follow you!If your family is moving or has recently moved, you'll need to update your ma...
06/13/2026

Moving soon? 📦 Your books won't follow you!

If your family is moving or has recently moved, you'll need to update your mailing address to keep your books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library coming every month. It only takes a minute, and we don't want your little reader to miss a single story. Update it online or send us a message.

Meet our friend Benjamin! His mom has been sharing their Imagination Library journey with us, and we just had to pass it...
06/11/2026

Meet our friend Benjamin! His mom has been sharing their Imagination Library journey with us, and we just had to pass it along:

"My son is still very young but he has a passion for books like I did when I was little. We love exploring new books and it is fueling our literacy journey. It is so fun to go on a journey through these stories. We do it every night at bedtime. It helps with our routine and he's becoming more independent with his own reading. I know it will support him further when he starts going to school too. I can't say enough how much these types of resources are essential for our communities. Some children don't go to the library or ever get books as gifts."

Moments like Benjamin's bedtime routine exist because people in this community chose to invest in children they've never met. That's what our local Imagination Library is built on. Love, community, and people showing up 📖

📚 We're so excited to announce a $5,000 grant from to support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of the Virginia Peni...
06/09/2026

📚 We're so excited to announce a $5,000 grant from to support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of the Virginia Peninsulas! Because of this gift, 322 children under five will receive a free, age-appropriate book in the mail every month for the next year. That's 3,864 free books on their way to Peninsula mailboxes!

Langley FCU has been an incredible partner since we launched the Imagination Library locally in 2019. Their partnership has helped us reach more than 2,500 children with over 31,000 free books. Thank you to our friends at Langley for continuing to show up for Peninsula children. We're honored to have you in our corner! 💙📖

New month, new books! June's Imagination Library books are on their way to over 6,000 children across the Greater Penins...
06/08/2026

New month, new books! June's Imagination Library books are on their way to over 6,000 children across the Greater Peninsula 📚

The crib. The floor. The backseat. The grocery cart 📚Demion is here to remind us that you don't need a reading corner to...
05/23/2026

The crib. The floor. The backseat. The grocery cart 📚

Demion is here to remind us that you don't need a reading corner to be a reader. You just need a book.

And thanks to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a brand-new one shows up at Peninsula families' doors every single month, for free. The rest? Totally up to them! After all, it is THEIR book 😄 It has their name on it and everything!

Thank you to the Manning family for sharing this perfect moment with us!

Thanks to a new partnership with USPS, undeliverable books are now being returned to us rather than lost or discarded! 📬...
05/21/2026

Thanks to a new partnership with USPS, undeliverable books are now being returned to us rather than lost or discarded! 📬 For the first time, we have an inventory of books to put back out into the community. We celebrated by delivering over 100 of them to Little Free Libraries across the Peninsulas 📚

05/12/2026

Spring is here and May's Imagination Library books are on their way! 📚

Every child receives a book matched to their age, from brand-new babies to those getting ready for Kindergarten. Which one is headed to your little reader?

A huge thank you to 13NewsNow for having us on Tuesday as part of Give Local 757! It was such a joy to share the work we...
05/08/2026

A huge thank you to 13NewsNow for having us on Tuesday as part of Give Local 757! It was such a joy to share the work we’re doing through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to get free books into the hands of children across the Virginia Peninsulas. We are so grateful for the spotlight and for every person who gave, shared, or cheered us on! 📚❤️

05/06/2026

It's Give Local Day - and these kids are excited about it!

This morning my kiddos and I were able to visit THRIVE Peninsula and collect some books from The DeGood Foundation. We also met some folks from Paperbacks Inc and REACH. We donated some books and canned goods then ate some bagels while reading books.

The kids learned that Philanthropy is sharing what you have!

Some great organizations to donate to this GiveLocal Day:

No Shame. Period.
Thrive
DeGood Foundation
CDR

There's a bajillion others, give them a look!

https://www.givelocal757.org/

Today is Give Local 757, our region's day of giving, and this year, every dollar we raise goes toward turning Peninsula ...
05/05/2026

Today is Give Local 757, our region's day of giving, and this year, every dollar we raise goes toward turning Peninsula enrollment back ON for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library! 📚 We had to pause due to high demand and limited funding, but today you can help us do something about it!

Every $31 you give is matched by the Commonwealth of Virginia, getting us two more kids closer to reopening enrollment. That's two children who will receive a free book every single month from birth to age 5 💛

Make your gift at https://www.givelocal757.org/organization/the-degood-foundation

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