Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Goes To Australia!

United Way Australia makes program possible for children in Australia!

As of today, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is now excited to be available in Australia. With months of planning behind the scenes, United Way Australia and The Dollywood Foundation made it public news today that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is now available in Australia. Although small numbers to start, nearly 3 dozen (and growing) Australian children will soon be seeing books arrive in the mail for the first time in the history of the program. 

Take a few minutes and have a look around here: http://au.imaginationlibrary.com/ and if you are in Australia and have what it takes to replicate this program, then we urge you to click here and start a program for the children in your community.

Dolly's efforts to expand Imagination Library land foundation president in Australia!

Dolly has made her way to beautiful Australia where she is wowing fans on stage as part of her Better Day world tour but she's not just pickin' and grinnin'. Dolly is on a mission with her friend, David Dotson (president of The Dollywood Foundation)!
That mission is to figure out how they can make her Imagination Library available to the children of Australia!

This blog post is a chronicle of David Dotson's (DD) travels across the country to try and make Dolly Parton's Imagination Library a reality in Australia.

Dotson's efforts to expand Imagination Library land him in Australia

Today is a day off-although I never stop thinking about how Dolly Parton's Imagination Library will or won't work here.

Headed to the end of the earth -southwestern Australia --the Margaret River area is just beautiful. Although no kangaroo has introduced himself to me, I did hear a kookaburra. The bird sounds like a maniacal monkey!

Next stop today is a lighthouse that sits at the meeting of the Indian and Southern oceans- a great place to contemplate the mystery of the universe. Tomorrow are meetings in Perth and then fly back to Sydney.

Next year is the National Year of Reading in Australia so if we do move forward- then this would be a perfect time to do it!

David Dotson

President - The Dollywood Foundation