With the financial support of the Rasmuson Foundation, ConocoPhillips Alaska, The CIRI Foundation, and the Alaska Dept of Education & Early Development, Best Beginnings is helping communities around Alaska create or expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in their areas. Currently, the following communities exist under the Best Beginnings umbrella. View on map >>
AnchorageIn addition, twelve new Alaska communities are joining the Imagination Library roster under a third round of grants funded by a $358,400 multi-year grant to Best Beginnings from the Rasmuson Foundation. Learn more >>
Brevig Mission
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Greater Kenai/Soldotna
Hoonah
Juneau/Southeast Alaska
Koliganek
Kuskokwim
Mat-Su
Nanwalek
Nome Imagination Library
North Slope
Old Harbor
Seward/Moose Pass
Tatitlek
Unalakleet
Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
Upper Tanana
Learn more about how we can expand Alaska's Imagination Libraries, 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.
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