On this episode of Along the Rock, host Emma Watts sat down with Ashley Richter to discuss the growing impact of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program in Lee County and why early childhood literacy matters more than many people realize.
Richter explained that the Dolly Parton Imagination Library provides children from birth to age five with one free book every month delivered directly to their home. The program, created through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, has been available in Whiteside County for years and was recently expanded into Lee County through the efforts of United Way of Lee County…