Best Beginnings

Alaska’s Imagination Libraries

More than 75 Alaska communities currently participate in Imagination Library through 23 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

• Anchorage
• Brevig Mission
• 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
• Tatitlek
• Unalakleet
• Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
• Upper Tanana

In 2011, new Alaska communities will be joining the Imagination Library roster under a round of grants funded by DEED and the Rasmuson Foundation.

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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