Imagination Library Expands Across Montana, Governor鈥檚 Office Announces

An initiative of First Lady Susan Gianforte, Imagination Library of Montana is a partner of Dolly Parton鈥檚 Imagination Library. The Governor鈥檚 Office announced in June the growth of the nonprofit that boosts early childhood literacy.

鈥淚t is exciting to see how Imagination Library continues to spread across Montana and inspire a love of reading in our state鈥檚 youngest readers,鈥� First Lady Gianforte said in a statement. 鈥淥ur local partners have done a fantastic job helping families get enrolled and spreading the word that this program is available to all Montana children up to age 5.

鈥淚 look forward to seeing its continued growth and impact.鈥�

The program provides a free book each month to any child up to 5 who

鈥淧rior to launching the initiative, the program was only available in some Montana counties and approximately 9,500 Montana children were enrolled,鈥� said a news release from the Governor鈥檚 Office. 鈥淭oday, Imagination Library of Montana has 63 local program partners in all 56 counties serving nearly 24,000 of the state鈥檚 eligible children.鈥�

It said Montana is the 16th state to take the program statewide. The news release said the program is part of the Dollywood Foundation, a nonprofit that has gifted more than 200 million free books in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland.

The Imagine Library mails more than 2 million 鈥渉igh-quality, age-appropriate books鈥� each month, said the news release.

鈥淒olly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading and inspiring children to Dream More, Learn More, Care More and Be More. The program has been widely researched, and results demonstrate its positive impact on early childhood development and literacy skills,鈥� said the news release. 鈥淏oosting literacy to empower more Montana children and promoting and expanding access to STEM education, particularly for girls and students in our rural communities, are our First Lady鈥檚 chief initiatives.鈥�

United Way of Missoula County announced this month it had delivered its 300,000th book through the Imagination Library program after opening in 2015. It operates in Missoula and Mineral counties and helped launch the program in Ravalli County.

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                <h2>Imagination Library Expands Across Montana, Governor鈥檚 Office Announces</h2>

                <h2>Imagination Library of Montana has 63 local program partners in all 56 counties serving nearly 24,000 of the state鈥檚 eligible children.</h2>

                <p class="sans">By <a rel="author" href="/contributor/keila-szpaller-daily-montanan/">Keila Szpaller</a></p>

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                <p>Imagination Library of Montana celebrated the statewide expansion earlier this summer of the program providing free books to children.</p>
<p>An initiative of First Lady Susan Gianforte, Imagination Library of Montana is a partner of Dolly Parton鈥檚 Imagination Library. The Governor鈥檚 Office announced in June the growth of the nonprofit that boosts early childhood literacy.</p>
<p>鈥淚t is exciting to see how Imagination Library continues to spread across Montana and inspire a love of reading in our state鈥檚 youngest readers,鈥� First Lady Gianforte said in a statement. 鈥淥ur local partners have done a fantastic job helping families get enrolled and spreading the word that this program is available to all Montana children up to age 5.</p>

<p>鈥淚 look forward to seeing its continued growth and impact.鈥�</p>
<p>The program provides a free book each month to any child up to 5 who </p>
<p>鈥淧rior to launching the initiative, the program was only available in some Montana counties and approximately 9,500 Montana children were enrolled,鈥� said a news release from the Governor鈥檚 Office. 鈥淭oday, Imagination Library of Montana has 63 local program partners in all 56 counties serving nearly 24,000 of the state鈥檚 eligible children.鈥�</p>
<p>It said Montana is the 16th state to take the program statewide. The news release said the program is part of the Dollywood Foundation, a nonprofit that has gifted more than 200 million free books in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland.</p>
<p>The Imagine Library mails more than 2 million 鈥渉igh-quality, age-appropriate books鈥� each month, said the news release.</p>
<p>鈥淒olly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading and inspiring children to Dream More, Learn More, Care More and Be More. The program has been widely researched, and results demonstrate its positive impact on early childhood development and literacy skills,鈥� said the news release. 鈥淏oosting literacy to empower more Montana children and promoting and expanding access to STEM education, particularly for girls and students in our rural communities, are our First Lady鈥檚 chief initiatives.鈥�</p>
<p>United Way of Missoula County announced this month it had delivered its 300,000th book through the Imagination Library program after opening in 2015. It operates in Missoula and Mineral counties and helped launch the program in Ravalli County.</p>
<p><em> is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Daily Montanan maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Darrell Ehrlick for questions: <a href="mailto:info@dailymontanan.com">info@dailymontanan.com</a>. Follow Daily Montanan on  and .</em></p>

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