Arkansas Imagination Library in Crisis | Fayetteville Arkansas News

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is in urgent need of local funding in Benton and Washington counties, Arkansas, where soaring enrollment—over 2,000 new kids in just two months—has outpaced financial support. Once backed by the United Way, who stepped away due to rising costs and competing priorities like food insecurity, the program now relies on community donors to cover a $1.30 monthly per child gap. With thousands of enrolled children, the need is massive: over $55,000 monthly in Benton County alone. Designed for ALL children—not just low-income families—the program mails free books from birth to age five to spark early literacy. Without local support, access could be determined by zip code, threatening a vital resource that helps every child fall in love with reading before kindergarten. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/1954a867a6a08bed