In lieu of flowers, Dolly's family has asked that donations be made to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: the program she built to put a book in a child's hands every month, in honor of a father who never learned to read.

Operation Literacy is asking Utahns to honor Dolly Parton by helping put books into the hands of Utah children.

Meeting the donation goal above makes the Imagination Library available to 15,000 children in the state of Utah, and fulfills our proof goal for the Utah State Legislature to make statewide funding a reality.

Right now, Operation Literacy is partnering with philanthropists like Kristin Andrus and other community partners to lay the groundwork for bringing Imagination Library statewide. Making it available to families in every Utah county will require communities and the Legislature to come together to make it happen.

Families, educators, and community members can also sign the Raising Utah Readers petition to show legislators that Utah families value early literacy and want the Imagination Library available in every county.

You can also give directly to the national program at imaginationlibrary.com.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library-UTAH!