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Local literacy programs abound
Great Bend's Imagination Library kickoff is Sept. 19
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Gaila Demel, executive director of United Way of Central Kansas, shows Great Bend Chamber of Commerce members a copy of The Little Engine that Could. That is the first book children will receive when they enroll in Dolly Partons Imagination Library. Sign-up for the 67530 zip code is Sept. 19 at the Great Bend Public Library. - photo by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
The kickoff for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Great Bend will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, during Story Time at the Great Bend Public Library. People in the 67530 zip code will be able to register so their children will receive a free book in the mail each month from birth until they are 5 years old.At the Great Bend Chamber of Commerce Coffee on Thursday, Gaila Demel, executive director of United Way of Central Kansas, showed chamber members a copy of “The Little Engine That Could,” the first book each child in the program receives. The last book they receive is “Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come.”This program will need continued support, Demel said.