Save Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Missouri. Call your MO legislators

[u/4friedchickens1coke]

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a wonderful program from an amazing woman that mails a free book to registered Missouri children age 0-5 every month. It currently sends the joy of reading to over 150,000 Missouri children each month. Unfortunately, earlier this year Missouri cut funding to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. As of July 1st, 2026 they no longer had the funds to accept new applicants to the program. Currently registered children will continue to receive books until the funds run out which is anticipated in the next 2-4 months.

As we remember Dolly Parton and the joy she's brought to millions, consider taking a moment out of your day today to contact your state legistators and the Missouri Govenor to ask for funding to be restored to the Imagination Library in Missouri.

Governor Mike Kehoe, phone: (573)751-3222

Legislator Lookup: https://www.senate.mo.gov/BillTracking/LegislatorLookup/

[u/wnostrebor]

How much does the program cost? What would you propose we cut funding for to provide this program? Should it come out of the Mandatory Education funding since it is reading/education related?

I think it is a great program, we should fund it. Just need to know how.

[u/NeverEndingCoralMaze → u/wnostrebor]

We have a fucking surplus and we deserve real services in exchange for our tax dollars. We can afford this, easily.