Imagination Library of Illinois

10/20/2026

10/12/2026

St. Clair County Illinois - Imagination Library is looking for literacy champions and supporters in order to launch our countywide program! Let's get more books to more children in Illinois!

📚 Help us put FREE books into the hands of 14,000 children in St. Clair County!

The Dolly Parton Imagination Library of St. Clair County (501c3) needs $70,000/year to provide monthly books to every child ages 0–5.

Your donation = kids sponsored:
$50 → 3 kids
$100 → 6 kids
$500 → 32 kids
$1,000 → 64 kids
$5,000 → 320 kids
$10,000 → 641 kids

Every dollar stays local. Every book changes a life.

Donate today:
🔗 https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/donate-to-the-dolly-partons-imagination-library-of-st-clair-county-illinois

10/05/2026

Imagination Library books can go anywhere! This cutie is reading while waiting for the morning bus. (📸: Megan M.)

10/01/2026

We are proud to share this Modern Luxury Chicago story about how Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is transforming early literacy across Illinois.

More than 122,000 children are already receiving free, age-appropriate books, with 98 counties participating and every local donation matched by the state. Full statewide coverage is now within reach.

Dolly’s passing makes this mission feel more meaningful than ever. Her extraordinary generosity and belief in the power of books have changed millions of young lives. We are honored to carry her vision forward by helping even more Illinois children discover the joy of reading.

You can read the full story here or in the September issue of https://lnkd.in/gvN9m6bN and learn more about how you can support this important work.

09/28/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Illinois had a wonderful time networking, learning and growing in September! We are so proud of our strong and passionate program partners and look forward to 2027 while we get more books into the hands of more children!

09/25/2026

09/25/2026

Today is Give Like Dolly Day! ❤️

Dolly believed that when you’re in a position to help, you should help. She gave generously, dreamed big for children and spent her life finding ways to make a difference in the lives of others.

Today, we’re carrying that spirit forward.

📚 We invite you to by supporting children in your own community. Find your local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program and discover how you can help put books into the homes of children where you live.

🫶 Help bring books to your community: If the Imagination Library isn’t available where you live, learn how you can help bring a local program to your community. Visit imaginationlibrary.com and select your country from the main menu to explore how to get started.

Every community has an opportunity to give a little love, lend a hand and help a child dream a little bigger.

Find your local Imagination Library program and :
imaginationlibrary.com/check-availability