Legendary singer Dolly Parton paid a special visit to Tacoma Tuesday to celebrate the statewide launch of her 'Imagination Library' program.
Legendary singer Dolly Parton paid a special visit to Tacoma Tuesday — but not just to belt out her famous tunes.program during an event at the Pantages Theater.Chris Reykdal
“I came here because I am very, very proud of the Imagination Library,” Parton said, according to the“I really think we just need to have a little more kindness, just think a little harder,” Parton said as part of her answer, thereports. “Instead of just seeing what all we can do to each other, let’s see what we can do for each other.”
So far, 65,000 Washington children are enrolled and more than 1.6 million books have been gifted around the state. Washington is the 11th state to launch the program, and the first state on the West Coast to do so., which expanded Imagination Library across the state as part of a collaboration with the state superintendent’s office and United Ways of the Pacific Northwest.
“I see those children, I read to their faces every day,” O’Keefe said. “There’s nothing more precious than a bright beautiful book in the life of a child.”
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