SWPL News

Honoring our Veterans! Join us in honoring and celebrating all who have served. Courtesy of a partnership between Columbus Metropolitan Library and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM), all SPL or other consortium library cardholders who show their library card now through Dec 31, 2022 will get discounted admission to the museum. Discounted ticket rate $11 each, up to four tickets. Make a visit and honor our veterans!

Regular priced admission: $18 (adults), $16 (seniors), $13 (college student with ID), $11 (youth) per ticket.

SPL wishes you a holiday season filled with peace, love, and joy. SPL will be open regular hours during this holiday season excepting the following:

Thanksgiving
Early Close at 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Closed Thursday–Friday, November 24–25, 2022

Christmas 2022
Closed Saturday–Monday, December 24–26, 2022

New Years Eve 2022/New Year's Day 2023
Closed Saturday–Monday, December 31, 2022–January 02, 2023

Enroll your child today to receive a free book each month until their fifth birthday through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio.  All children in Ohio from birth to age five are eligible, and the program is available at no cost to families. Ohio parents may enroll their children online at ohioimaginationlibrary.org. Once enrolled, your child will have a free, high quality, age appropriate book mailed to them each month.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ohio is the Ohio chapter of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Originally founded in 1995 by Dolly Parton in her hometown, The Imagination Library was formed to inspire kids to read and to provide kids with books no matter their family's income through gifting them free, age-appropriate books each month. The program quickly became a sucess and has since been expanded nationally and internationally. It continues to grow today with the help of local affiliates. 

About Imagination Library

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was founded in 1995 by Dolly Parton to “[inspire] kids to love to read” and to provide kids with books no matter their family’s income. The program invites parents to enroll their children from birth to age five to have a free, age-appropriate book mailed to them each month until their fifth birthday.

Starting first only in Parton’s hometown county of Sevier, Tennessee, the program quickly became “such a success that in 2000 a national replication effort was underway.” The program collaborates with local affiliate sponsors and has continued to grow, expanding internationally. With the help of local affiliates, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted more than 150 million books to date. 

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio, (formerly Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library) was officically launched in 2019 under the leadership of Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine with financial support from the Ohio General Assembly and affiliates across the state. Mrs. DeWine was inspired to launch the statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library after seeing the impact it had on her own grandchildren in Greene County. At the time, the program was only available in a few Ohio counties. The Imagination Library of Ohio was officially launched in select Ohio counties to start and gradually expanded to all Ohio counties by November 2020. 

Sources:
imaginationlibrary.com
ohioimaginationlibrary.com

The Grove City Library is thrilled to host a special storytime book reading on Tuesday, October 25, at 12 p.m. celebrating Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio and presented by Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a free, international program originally founded by Dolly Parton that invites parents to enroll their children from birth to age five to have a free, age-appropriate book mailed to them each month until they turn five. Mrs. DeWine led the launch of the expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Ohio in 2019 and frequently travels to Ohio schools and libraries in support of the Imagination Library and inspiring kids to read. All children in Ohio are eligible, and the program is available at no cost to families. Ohio parents may enroll their children online at ohioimaginationlibrary.org

This special program celebrates the Imagination Library whose misson, much like SPL's, is to inspire a love of reading from birth. This is not a political event, nor does SPL endorse any political view or candidate. Political views will not be promoted nor discussed.

About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was founded in 1995 by Dolly Parton to “[inspire] kids to love to read” and to provide kids with books no matter their family’s income. The program invites parents to enroll their children from birth to age five to have a free, age-appropriate book mailed to them each month until they turn five. Starting first only in Parton’s hometown county of Sevier, Tennessee, the program quickly became “such a success that in 2000 a national replication effort was underway.” The program collaborates with local affiliate sponsors and has continued to grow, expanding internationally. With the help of local affiliates, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted more than 150 million books to date (Source: imaginationlibrary.com)

About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio

Mrs. DeWine was inspired to launch the Ohio expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library after seeing the impact it had on her own grandchildren in Greene County. The program was only available in a few Ohio counties at the time before Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio was officially founded in 2019 with financial support from the Ohio General Assembly and affiliates across the state. It began in select Ohio counties before expanding to all Ohio counties by November 2020. Ohio parents may enroll their children online at ohioimaginationlibrary.org. (Source: ohioimaginationlibrary.com)

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