FHCPL Takes Over Imagination Library After Hancock Literacy Dissolves

The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library has assumed responsibility for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Hancock County.

The Imagination Library program was implemented in Hancock County in 2014 by Hancock Literacy.

With Hancock Literacy dissolving in December of 2021, the Imagination Library program will now be coordinated by the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library as will all Hancock Literacy programs.

The Friends of the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library will help facilitate the transition by holding existing donor dollars for the continued support of The Imagination Library program.

Donors are encouraged to continue to support the program through the Hancock Literacy fund established at The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation.

“The library is grateful to the dedicated individuals from Hancock Literacy who supported The Imagination Library in our community through its first seven years,” said Library Director Sarah Clevidence.

“We look forward to continuing their work to grow enrollment and support in our community.”

Since launching in Tennessee in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book gifting program in the world.

The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation has mailed well over 167 million free books in Australia, Canada, The Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States.

The Imagination Library mails more than 1.8 million high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to registered children from birth to age five.

Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading in children and inspiring them to dream.

For more information on how to register for or donate towards the program, click here or contact the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library at 419-424-1712.