Best Beginnings
Alaska’s Imagination Libraries
More than 80 Alaska communities currently participate in Imagination Library through 27 Imagination Libraries under the Best Beginnings umbrella. View on map >>
With the financial support of the Rasmuson Foundation, Alaska Dept of Education & Early Development, and The Children's Hospital at Providence, along with partners such as Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC); Best Beginnings is helping communities around Alaska create or expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in their areas.
Participating Communities
- Anchor Point
- Anchorage
- Brevig Mission
- Copper River Valley
- Delta
- Dillingham
- Emmonak
- Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Greater Kenai/Soldotna
- Homer
- Hoonah
- Juneau/Southeast
- Koliganek
- Kotzebue
- Kuskokwim
- Mat-Su
- Metlakatla
- Nanwalek
- Nome
- North Slope
- Old Harbor
- Seward/Moose Pass
- Togiak
- Unalakleet
- Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
- Upper Tanana
- Yukon Flats
In 2012, new Alaska communities will be joining the Imagination Library roster. Learn more about how we can expand Imagination Library in Alaska, including how to organize an Imagination Library in your community.
Support Alaska's Imagination Library
A donation of $30 will enable a child to receive a brand-new, age-appropriate book in the mail once a month for one year. With $150, you will enhance the life of a child from birth until age 5 – or five children for one year. To designate your donation to a specific location, click on the appropriate community page from the list above. We welcome any amount.
NOTE: We use PayPal to provide secure, free and tax-deductible transactions for our donors.
You may also mail your donation - download printable form
Best Beginnings
3350 Commercial Drive, Suite 104A
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
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