Last week, our board members Susan Crisafulli and Bronwen Carlisle, MA/MLS attended the Glitter & Gratitude Gala hosted by Beau Jackson, Zach DeWitt, and their Leadership Johnson County ‘24 team. The Gala celebrated the efforts of nonprofit leaders in Johnson County by offering delicious food and drinks, great music, a motivational speaker, fun dancing, and even amazing prizes. What a wonderful event!
Imagination Library of Johnson County
Libraries
Franklin, IN 106 followers
A nonprofit org. that runs Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a free book program for children, in Johnson County, IN
About us
The Imagination Library began in 1995 in Tennessee, when Dolly Parton wanted to “stimulate children’s imaginations and encourage reading within the family at an early age.” She provided one book a month to children from birth to age 5, for a total of 60 free books by the time they entered kindergarten. In 1999, she began offering the books nationwide and even internationally by inviting communities to set up affiliate programs. Now, over 2,000 local affiliate organizations, like ours, not only help enroll children in their respective communities, but also raise money to cover the cost of the books. The free books are mailed to children each month, and our program serves children in Johnson County, Indiana.
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http://www.imaginationlibraryjoco.org
External link for Imagination Library of Johnson County
- Industry
- Libraries
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Franklin, IN
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2017
- Specialties
- Early Childhood Literacy, Education, and Books
Locations
Employees at Imagination Library of Johnson County
Updates
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We are still basking in the wonderful fun we had on Saturday at the Storybook Breakfast, our signature fundraising event where little ones can meet beloved storybook characters, collect autographs, and get their picture made! Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers and sponsors who helped make the event such a success! #storybook #fundraising
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Our president, Susan Crisafulli, was celebrated this past week as one of many nonprofit Hometown Hero leaders by Beau Jackson and Michelle Badolato at Modern Woodmen of America. We are grateful for the wonderful ways all these women serve Johnson County! Also celebrated: Michelle Lee, Turning Point Renae Furnee, Resources of Hope Tracy McQueen, Assist Anne Sutton, Johnson County Humane Society Kim Smith, Johnson County Senior Services Sonya Ware-Meguiar, Girls Inc of Johnson County Tandy Shuck, Leadership Johnson County
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We are excited to bring our Storybook Breakfast back this year! Tickets go on sale Saturday (9/9) at 9am on our website (https://lnkd.in/g8kGunQX).
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In case you missed the official announcement yesterday, the state legislature has provided the funding to help all counties in Indiana have a Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program! Our board president, Susan Crisafulli, got to share at the press conference how the Imagination Library has positively affected Johnson County children and was thrilled to help celebrate this milestone for our state. ❤️📚 . . . Above left: The speakers at the press conference: Susan Crisafulli; Jake Speer, director of the Indiana State Library; Katie Jenner, Secretary for Education; Lauren Wirt, regional director for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library; Governor Holcomb Bottom: The same as above, plus representatives from Imagination Library programs in other Indiana counties and Amanda Schmitt of the CenterPoint Energy Foundation, a key advocate in getting the program expanded state-wide.
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Our board of directors met this past weekend for our annual retreat, where we set our short- and long-term goals for getting more books in the hands of more kids and continued planning this year’s Storybook Breakfast. We make a great team! . . First row from left to right: Bronwen Carlisle, MA/MLS, Liz Bush Cooper, Susan Crisafulli, Missi Tinsley. . Second row: Dolly Parton 😁, Anna (Slemp) Gieryna, Emily Marten, Tianna Coleman, Cara Wagner, Ryan Hammer, CPA , Robinette Angle, Pam McNealy Powell, SQS . Not pictured: Amanda Wheatley, April Hannum
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Our founder and board president, Susan Crisafulli, recently drove through Dolly Parton’s hometown of Sevierville, so she stopped by to say thank you for all that Dolly has done for Johnson County’s children! #dolly #thankyou #books #literacy
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Skylar recently received The Little Engine That Could in the mail and gives it a smile and a big thumbs up! Did you know? Dolly Parton chose to make this book the first one each child receives since it is her personal favorite! She said, “My memories take me way back to a little cabin in East Tennessee. This was not a place where dreams easily came true. Too often, there was talk about all of the things we couldn’t do rather than all of the things we could do. On many occasions, when my dream seemed far away, my Mama would tell me the story of the Little Engine to comfort and encourage me. While I listened to her, I would close my eyes and think of myself as the Little Engine and just start saying over and over again, ‘I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.’ It gave me strength, it gave me hope, and it gave me the courage to keep chasing my dreams.” Our mission is to get as many books into the hands of as many children as possible so that they can also have the courage to keep chasing their dreams. ❤️
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What a wonderful day! Happy 6th birthday to us! 🎉🎊🎈 When we opened registration in 2017, we had around 300 children sign up the first month. We love that we now have 3,560 children who receive a free book in the mail every month and have had 1,958 children “graduate” from our program. Help us celebrate by purchasing an Imagination Library t-shirt from Love More! The full cost of each shirt goes directly to putting books in the hands of Johnson County children. https://lnkd.in/gnUn5xyH 50 Love More shirts would put books in the hands of another 40 kids! ❤️📚👶
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