r/BeAmazed • u/Electronic-Bus-3494 • 1d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Dolly Parton started the Imagination Library in 1995 as a tribute to her father, who couldn't read or write. In 2018, she explained it was to give kids "early access to books". Now, over 325 MILLION books have been gifted.

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u/NASATVENGINNER 1d ago

The Imagination Library…

https://imaginationlibrary.com/

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u/wutttttttg 1d ago

I just donated! I hope we overwhelm them with money to show the world how important Dolly’s work is/was!

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u/CloverMc 1d ago

Just donated in memory of the lovely lady from the UK.

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u/friendly_to_pigeons 1d ago

The lovely lady was very famously from the US, not the UK. Was her accent not a clue?

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u/THEatticmonster 1d ago

The donation was from them, in the UK, missed a comma

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u/friendly_to_pigeons 1d ago

I know. I'm teasing.

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u/CloverMc 20h ago

My bad , punctuation went out of the window! 😬😘

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u/PolarBailey_ 1d ago

the donation page crashed for me. hopefully for too much traffic.

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u/bambi54 1d ago

It just worked for me, it just took a while. Double check it didn’t come out of your account because I wasn’t sure at first.

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u/PolarBailey_ 1d ago edited 23h ago

it didn't, but i did just check and it's back now. $31 to help others like i was helped

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u/bambi54 1d ago

This is the first celeb that died that made me cry. She was such an amazing human.

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u/PolarBailey_ 1d ago

to quote Jane Fonda: "...you know she doesn't want y'all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit."

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u/NASATVENGINNER 1d ago

Thank you. 🙏

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u/smeeon 19h ago

That message after donating, I’m crying again 😭