Dolly Parton’s father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read.
Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Missouri statewide expansion of Dolly Parton 's Imagination Library, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Inspired by her upbringing, over the past three decades, thehas made it her mission to improve literacy through her Imagination Library book giveaway program.
And so she decided to help other kids, initially rolling out the program in a single county in her home state of Tennessee in 1995. It spread quickly from there, and today over 3 million books are sent out each month — 240 million to kids worldwide since it started. Parton, who earned the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award a decade ago, said she eventually wants to see the program in every state. She said she is proud that her dad lived long enough to see the program get off the ground.
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