The Stratton Community Foundation is the local affiliate for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Windham county, southern Vermont. We currently serve the towns of Jamaica, Landgrove, Londonderry, Newfane, Peru, South Londonderry, Stratton, Townshend, Wardsboro, Weston, Windham, and Winhall. The Stratton Community Foundation believes reading begins at birth, the benefits of a home library go far beyond the books, and parents/guardians are a child’s first and best teacher. By providing books at no cost to families, the Imagination Library increases childhood literacy rates, fosters a love of books, and promotes a culture of reading among all families in the rural communities of Vermont.

This program is made possible through the generosity of
Charlie & Renee Brown.

Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent children's book gifting program in the world. The Imagination Library is the flagship program of the Dollywood Foundation and has mailed over 170 million free books to children in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Imagination Library mails more than 1.4 million free books to registered children from birth to age five every month.

Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write Dolly Parton started the Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. The impact of the program has been widely researched and results show positive increases in key early childhood literacy metrics. Penguin Random House is the exclusive publisher for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
For more information, please visit imaginationlibrary.com.

Learn more about the education and early literacy initiatives supported by the Stratton Community Foundation, including library programs, Reach Up & Read through Grace Cottage Hospital, and more.

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