Imagination Library is an early childhood education initiative which provides FREE books to children, from birth to age five. 

Enrolled children receive a new, age-appropriate book delivered in their name to their home once monthly until their fifth birthday. 

All children in United Way of Northeastern Minnesota’s service area (the Iron Range, Koochiching County, and Lake of the Woods County) are eligible for the program, and more than 2,000 children in our region currently receive these books each month. 

When you donate $35, you provide Imagination Library books to one child for an entire year! 

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Originally started by Dolly Parton, the program's vision is to get children excited about books and reading and to ensure that every child has books in their home, regardless of family income.

United Way of Northeastern Minnesota’s initiated the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program in 2008 and since then more than 30,000 children have been enrolled in our service area (Iron Range, Koochiching County, and Lake of the Woods County).

Imagination Library is an early childhood education initiative which provides FREE books to children, from birth to age five. Enrolled children receive a new, age-appropriate book delivered in their name to their home once monthly until their fifth birthday.

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